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Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning

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  • Subject: [mg42958] Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning
  • From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:16:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Selwyn,
Re Kerning:
How about menu Edit>Expression Input> Nudge*, or AdjustmentBox in the cell
expression?

Allan
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"Selwyn Hollis" <selwynh at earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Print preview should certainly be near the top of any wish list. (But
> if you're fortunate enough to have a Mac w/OS X, printing to PDF is
> almost as good.)
>
> To any such wish list I'd also add, in no particular order:
>
> * antialiasing of graphics!!
> * flexible top/bottom cell margins
> * serious undo functionality
> * real unicode support (on the Mac anyway)
> * better find/replace (e.g., replace all in selection)
> * robust import of eps and pdf graphics
> * less need for tweaking to make expressions look right; namely:
>       ** better typesetting of fractions (size should not be connected
> to sub/superscript multiplier)
>       ** more consistent and reliable placement of sub/superscripts
>       ** more consistent and reliable spacing
>       ** more consistent and reliable sizing of summation and integral
> signs
> * kerning support
>
> Some of this may be due to my own ignorance; I'll be happy to learn
> that's true. (Except for the antialiasing issue---that's not up for
> debate. The antiantialiasing luddites lost long ago.)
>
> -----
> Selwyn Hollis
> http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 04:08  AM, Oliver Friedrich wrote:
>
> > Hallo,
> >
> > I want to use Mathematica to make nice documentation. Therefore I'd
> > appreciate if I could have a page preview function. I want to see my
> > document on a screen as WYSIWYG, including page breaks, headers,
> > footers,
> > etc... as it is done in Word.
> >
> > Is there functionality or a simple workaround.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Oliver Friedrich
> >
>


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