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Re: Equations - better way than Word?

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From: Scott Cherkofsky
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 1990 20:10
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I use a nice little DA called Expressionist to write equations in.  It is very
good, has lots of options for the type of characters you will be writing, 
For Example, the are sub/superscripts, both at the same time, or one at a time
There are multiple special characters (symbol font) along with options like
special parenthasies, uderscoring, over scoring (like H bars) as well as 
fractions, square roots, you name it, this thing has got it.

It also allows you the option to print to an imagewriter OR a laserprinter
(the type comes out better if you use the appropriate option - printing in
postscript for the laserprinter).

The main way the DA works is to allow you to make the equation by adding the
special blocks you want (fraction, square root etc.) and then when you have
finished you can either copy them as text to the application you want them
in or you can copy them as a PICT to the application - I like to copy them
as a PICT file, that way I can scale them without messing up the formatting.

I give this program the thumbs up definitively.  four stars, four mice and 
all the fireworks!

If you would like to purchase this pearl, here is the address (may not still
be valid as I received this back in '89.

Allan Bonadio Associates
814 Castro St. #60
San Francisco, CA
94114
(415) 282-5864

I hope this helps you out.

Scott

-- 
Scott Cherkofsky	   "One thing I have learned in long life: That
George Washington U.        all our science, measured against reality,     
fs285119@seas.gwu.edu       is primitive and childlike - and yet it is       
ME Student                  the most precious thing we have." - A. Einstein
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From: fs285119@seas.gwu.edu (Scott Cherkofsky)
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Subject: Re: Equations - better way than Word?
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