On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 21:07 +0000, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:04:15 -0000, Terry Coles <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think what the OP wants to do is paste his formulae into OOo and have > > it display them in some way. I can't see how to do it, but I feel as if > > there should be a way. > > Unfortunately for this instance, the use of formula in TeX is one of the > most argued benefits of TeX. It is the reason many academic papers still > rely on 'real' typesetters. The fact that the setter _can_ display complex > formula. > > > I remember doing something like this years ago, where I created the > > formula, exported it as an image, and then pasted the image into > > my document. > > I would suggest this may be the 'easy' solution. I would suggest getting > familiar with a tool such as tex2gif (or similar) as exporting as an image > and editing will be much easier than exporting as a pdf and then > manipulating it. > > Re-iterated, the use of complex formula in documents is not easy to > develop, hence the continued use of typesetters. > > > > -- > Using Opera M2: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >
Thanks for all the suggestions. I am going to try the tex2gif route which might take some time as my Linux experience is fairly limited. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
