LaTeX or OpenOffice.org Math

[Robert-Bruce]

if u use Linux OS then try TEXMACS
it's a graphical formula editor as OOo maths but with a lot of capacities.

it's easier than OOo maths i think 'cause u don't have to open a window to access symbols : it's boring in OOo to have to catch them with >Tools>symbol

in TextMacs u write and click directly on a permanent list without opening and closing windows

But may be i have't found the way to do it a simple way........if u have pleaaaase give me !

[mst]

[Gus]

[KirkJobSluder]

I loved latex but had to give up on it because way too many journals in my field want to see RTF and Microsoft word copy. After spending a few weeks trying to get good RTF output out of LaTeX, I gave up on it and switched to OpenOffice.

[StaalMannen]

Hi. Does anybody know of any real good online tutorials/howto's for LaTeX? I would also be interested if anybody know of any LaTeX forums where one could get answers to questions like "why doesn't this thing compile?", and "what does this error message mean?". If not, does anybody know how to fix this error?( I am using pdflatex in Unix):

Runaway argument?
{blahblahblah \ETC.
! File ended while scanning use of \@footnotetext.

The TEX file doesn't end where the error message says it does, it goes on an and on. But the output pdf document ends before the footnote is printed.

I will be grateful for any answer.

And yes, I'm a Latex nubie.

[RGB]

http://latex.s-v-p.de/
An amazing list of latex tips and triks

[RGB]

I almost forgot it!
If you want a graphical interfase for latex (much much better than the expensive scientific word, and for free!), you could try with lyx
www.lyx.org for the original linux and mac proyect
http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/ for the windows port
I use OOo for almost everything, except documents with great number of equations and/or graphics. For this, latex is still better.

[guest2]

I think it is easy to write formula,
especially for lots of formula,

[Erwann Keravis]

As every body knows Psfrag does NOT exist for pdfLatex files but you may export from OOdraw, nice pictures with a lot of OOmath formulae written on them !!! .... Remember that Mayuradraw is not free anymore and has a limited number of avalaible fonts.
E.K.

[jmfv]

A simple but complete tool to write Latex formulas in Openoffice:

OOLatexMacro
http://www.fyma.ucl.ac.be/wiki/~piroux/OOo+macro

(I've posted this message elsewhere, but this is the first forum that appears in Google, so I'm posting duplicate. I hope this helps OO users)

[vasilis]

[jmfv]

[vasilis]

[gpiroux]

[Sinister Angel]