galactic_hedgehog
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« Reply #30 on: November 21, 2009, 12:54:55 AM » |
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OK, now I'm confused. I just did a which on pdflatex, and it came back as being in /opt/local/bin, which would indicate I got it from macports, but that's not where I got it.
Knowing me, I'll waste hours tracking down where I got my TeX files from, when I clearly could be doing other stuff.
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Your professors were probably afraid of your galactic genius and did everything they could (behind the scenes) to thwart your hedginess. Hedgie loves to read. |
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jackit
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« Reply #31 on: November 21, 2009, 01:29:14 PM » |
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So I decided to download the trial version of mathtype....seems to work well with pages, keynote, and word, etc., so I think I'll stick with that.
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conjugate
Compulsive punster and insatiable reader, and
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« Reply #32 on: November 21, 2009, 01:55:12 PM » |
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So I decided to download the trial version of mathtype....seems to work well with pages, keynote, and word, etc., so I think I'll stick with that.
Also, dramatically less steep learning curve. You won't have to deal with the esoterica of medskip and thinspace and such since, if I am not mistaken, there are buttons for those. You can also type TeX code directly into MathType 6, I believe, so you could still do that if you already know the lingo. |
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Unfortunately, I think conjugate gives good advice.
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« Reply #33 on: November 29, 2009, 12:37:33 AM » |
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keynote is very ppt compatible and can save in ppt format. In fact, I would call it a better powerpoint than powerpoint.
I have done one presentation in Keynote, which I saved in what was supposedly .ppt format. It would not open in PowerPoint on any machine I tried, either in Office 2008 or 2007 or in the previous version of Office. Not even the PowerPoint Viewer would touch it. I was forced to download and install a trial copy of Keynote where I was in order to get the presentation open again and pull elements from it into a real PowerPoint presentation. Just to establish some cred, I've used Macs since 1996 and have done both ClarisWorks and MacOS telephone support on contract for Apple. I usually sort of know what I'm doing. And, when a Keynote file containing nothing but text, pictures, and simple transitions claims but fails to be cross-platform, and when it thereby forces me to spend a panicked morning redoing work, that is an absolute deal-breaker for me. I'll never use Keynote again. |
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jackit
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« Reply #34 on: November 29, 2009, 12:56:26 AM » |
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keynote is very ppt compatible and can save in ppt format. In fact, I would call it a better powerpoint than powerpoint.
I have done one presentation in Keynote, which I saved in what was supposedly .ppt format. It would not open in PowerPoint on any machine I tried, either in Office 2008 or 2007 or in the previous version of Office. Not even the PowerPoint Viewer would touch it. I was forced to download and install a trial copy of Keynote where I was in order to get the presentation open again and pull elements from it into a real PowerPoint presentation. Just to establish some cred, I've used Macs since 1996 and have done both ClarisWorks and MacOS telephone support on contract for Apple. I usually sort of know what I'm doing. And, when a Keynote file containing nothing but text, pictures, and simple transitions claims but fails to be cross-platform, and when it thereby forces me to spend a panicked morning redoing work, that is an absolute deal-breaker for me. I'll never use Keynote again. OK, so there is the other side of the story... |
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« Reply #35 on: November 29, 2009, 01:41:10 AM » |
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So I decided to download the trial version of mathtype....seems to work well with pages, keynote, and word, etc., so I think I'll stick with that.
Also, dramatically less steep learning curve. You won't have to deal with the esoterica of medskip and thinspace and such since, if I am not mistaken, there are buttons for those. You can also type TeX code directly into MathType 6, I believe, so you could still do that if you already know the lingo. I wish I had downloaded MathType earlier, especially after learning I could get it for free from my uni. It would have saved a boatload of time! And I love that I can type TeX code in when I don't feel like looking for certain characters! |
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When you are a scientist your opinions and prejudices become facts. Science is like magic that way!
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« Reply #36 on: November 29, 2009, 11:05:11 AM » |
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keynote is very ppt compatible and can save in ppt format. In fact, I would call it a better powerpoint than powerpoint.
I have done one presentation in Keynote, which I saved in what was supposedly .ppt format. It would not open in PowerPoint on any machine I tried, either in Office 2008 or 2007 or in the previous version of Office. Not even the PowerPoint Viewer would touch it. I was forced to download and install a trial copy of Keynote where I was in order to get the presentation open again and pull elements from it into a real PowerPoint presentation.. OK, so there is the other side of the story... My Keynote presentations do open easily in PowerPoint when I export them, at least in Mac Office 2008, but I've found the elements have sometimes moved around a bit. I'm sticking to Keynote, though, because I usually take my own machine to class or to conferences, so I can stay in Keynote-- and when I do that, I can use my iPod touch to control the show remotely over wifi or an adhoc network, which means I can move away from the computer and there are no line of sight issues (like with my other remote), and I can see the slides on the iPod so I don't lose my place.... all of which is very cool. And Keynote really is pretty (I'm in a field where I'm delivering images more than text points or, say, equations). But when I know I have to load up a presentation on someone else's computer, I usually just go with PowerPoint from the start. I do know that the latest version of Keynote, which is what I'm using, is supposed to be better at exporting to PowerPoint than earlier versions. |
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