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Article #5727Re: Request: word-processing with equations
From: Eric Lindsay
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 1990 22:02
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 1990 22:02
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Another word processor with equation handling is Lotus Manuscript. This can handle about 90% of the things required by our users (they have to use TeX if they need more). We evaluated about 50 word processors before selecting Manuscript, however that was several years ago and some of the others may now have equal capabilities. I've been using it to write manuals for a computer system, typically exceeding 100 pages per file, and it is fine on an AT for that size. Bit sluggish on an XT for large files, and you do need a few meg of disk space. The user interface and approach is ... diferent ... but our office staff picked it up readily and didn't complain much about it. Potential problems: it is typically business costly package. Also, Lotus have bought another, Windows based, word processor company, and therefore will probably stop updating Manuscript (it went through V1.0, 2.0 and is at present on 2.1). Printing facilities are very much aimed at Postscript Eric Lindsay, School of Maths, Uni of Technology Sydney
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