Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:10:54 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> To: michaelgrunewald@yahoo.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Equations (WAS: good replacement for open office) Message-ID: <1191604254.2944.12.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com>
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> Since you seem to use the equation feature quite intensively, maybe > you have any clue on making the equation editor perform better. Sorry I can't really be of much help with OO.o equations. What I do personally is a kludge, but it works well enough. For documents that I create for read-only use, I use groff and friends. For those that require collaboration, I use Wordperfect to create the equations (it has an equation mode like troff's eqn), export them into Word format, and then read them into Word. The equation mode in Word is crippled, and you need to purchase MathType (I think that is the name) to make it usable. The same goes for references, BTW: you really need to purchase an add-on to make Word usable. In troff I just use refer together with Refbase. I've just not had much luck with OO.o's equation mode. If often crashes Word, and since all the people I collaborate with use Word, well, I use Word rather than try to teach them troff (or TeX). While they are all top-flight scientists and engineers at major US research Universities, their computer literacy is surprisingly low. I've given up on trying to find a BSD or Linux program that is good enough for this purpose -- none really are. So I just use Word in a VM and am done with it.
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