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Date:         Thu, 10 Feb 1994 09:39:49 LCL
From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Subject:      Re: Continuation lines
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%>Date:          Wed, 9 Feb 1994 19:08:44 GMT
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%>From:          Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk>
%>Subject:       Re: Continuation lines
%>To:            Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L <LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.EARN>

%>
%>Mike Piff writes:
%> >
%> > How do you typeset maths exams in Word/Wordperfect/..?:-):-):-)
%> >
%>i dont think people appreciate how much packages like Word or
%>Wordperfect *can* do in layout, and in maths. its not like Wordstar

Oh but I have, I have!  If you don't need any maths past school level and are
blind to appearance, I am sure they are *adequate*.  But I didn't try them
long enough to find out where the math axis was. One of them---I forget which-
--had \cdots as a character, which you plonked on the baseline:-)

However, they do have their followers amongst secretaries.

%>anymore, you know. give it a try. or set your maths in TeX, export
%>them as EPS files and import them into a Word document.
%>

May be true. But then, as one colleague said, look, we have to know TeX and
LaTeX for maths submissions, so what's the point of learning another,
inferior, system?

Perhaps someone from the AMS could comment on the virtues of Word(Perfect)
for maths typing?

Mike Piff


%>the time that Mike (as an example) spends on programming LaTeX to do
%>some of these jobs would probably pay for copies of Framemaker for
%>everyone in Sheffield.
%>

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