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 --------------- Allan Hayes hay at haystack.demon.co.uk Voice: +44 (0)116 241 8747 Fax: +44 (0)870 164 0565 "Selwyn Hollis" <selwynh at earthlink.net> wrote in message news:bgcupq$9qi$1 at smc.vnet.net... > 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 > > >