Sigrid Carrera <sigrid.carrera <at> googlemail.com> writes: > > Dear Prof. Lather, > > Am Wed, 26 May 2010 07:30:51 +0530 > schrieb "Dr. J. S. Lather" <jslather <at> nitkkr.ac.in>: > > > Dear Sir/Madam > > > > What I feel, the openoffice is not getting popular in scientific > > community is because it has entirely different formula inserts. If > > you can get in Openoffice the same kind of support Microsoft Word has > > provided for MathType, then I think that Openoffice will be used > > extensively in Universities worldwide. > > Are you aware, that OpenOffice.org has a formula editor? You can find > it in the menu under "Insert > Object > Formula" (or something similar, > I have a German version of OOo). You can use the editor like the one > from Microsoft and click everything together. Or - and if you have many > formulae to write - you might prefer to enter the code for your > formulae with your keyboard. You can enter then something like > > sum {1 + 2} over {%pi} > > and it will look nice. This second version is much faster and less > tiring then clicking on all the symbols. My husband, who is a > mathematician, prefers the second method. :) > > I hope, this is of help for you. > > Best regards, > > Sigrid Carrera >
It is a common misconception that a "point and click: equation editor requires that one always use the mouse. In fact, both MathType, and its junior version that comes with MS Word and other apps, have supported a full set of keyboard shortcuts for years. The current version of MathType allows one to customize the shortcuts and also supports input of TeX/LaTeX languages. This gives you the best of all possible editing experiences. Choose the one that you like best and still get the ease of editing that a direct manipulation interface gives you. Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org