[OS X TeX] Equation Service

Thu Mar 21 15:07:59 EST 2002

Hi
Yeah, I know...however, as much as I have to do this, it's sooo much easier
to use otherwise crumby powerpoint. For example, a class I gave last fall
had >700 ppt slides. Any scientific talk has at least 50... My brain finds
it much easier to use the mouse to set things up, and then mess with them. I
have theorist friends who use latex talk styles and acrobat, but they're
much smarter than I am...!

Thanks,
Ray

On 3/21/02 2:57 PM, "U. Steiner" <u.steiner at chem.rug.nl> wrote:

> why don't you use Acrobat to do presentation.  Works very well and you
> can use LeTeX typesetting to make the entire presentation, including
> equations.
> 
> - Ulli
> 
> 
> On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 08:43 PM, Chip Brock wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> This is cool...the way to make it way-cool would be if it could
>> somehow -
>> drag and drop, great; copy and paste, good too - communicate with
>> powerpoint. One of the big problems in giving scientific talks using
>> powerpoint is equation presentation. Most of us treat this like with
>> high
>> resolution postcript graphics/plots: make a pdf and use the Acrobat
>> graphic
>> selection tool to copy and then paste into powerpoint. The pdf
>> rendering is
>> preserved. If Equation Service could somehow be used that way, then one
>> could eliminate many steps! Right now, I don't seem to be able to make
>> it
>> work with powerpoint out of Office X...
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ray Brock
>> 
>> On 3/21/02 1:59 PM, "Doug Rowland" <rowland at belka.space.umn.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear readers of the MacOSX-TeX mailing list:
>>> 
>>> I just wanted to let you know about a new OS X app I have written.
>>> It's
>>> called "Equation Service" and it's a specialized front-end to pdflatex
>>> meant
>>> for typesetting equations and small amounts of text.
>>> 
>>> The main feature of Equation Service is that it is a system service.
>>> Any
>>> services-aware app that supports string output and PDF/TIFF input will
>>> gain
>>> the ability to turn a highlighted string into a small typeset PDF from
>>> pdflatex.
>>> 
>>> The beauty of Equation Service is that these small PDF files can be
>>> made
>>> exactly the size of the typeset equation, so you can be typing along in
>>> Mail, TextEdit, OmniGraffle, iOrganize, etc, type a LaTeX equation,
>>> highlight it, and then call Equation Service to insert the typeset
>>> version
>>> right at the cursor.
>>> 
>>> It's hard to describe, but if you're interested, please check out the
>>> webpage
>>> 
>>> http://homepage.mac.com/dougrowland/EquationService (main page)
>>> 
>>> http://homepage.mac.com/dougrowland/EquationServiceAbout.htm  (about
>>> Equation Service)
>>> 
>>> Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions for
>>> improvements.  This is meant to be open-source freeware, but the
>>> source is
>>> still a little messy and needs work before I release it.
>>> 
>>> Especially useful would be improved "templates" that let you input long
>>> numbered equations or equation arrays and that would fit the PDF file
>>> just
>>> around the appropriate bounding box.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Doug Rowland
>>> rowland at fields.space.umn.edu
>>> 
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