Re: Re: Re: Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning
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- Subject: [mg43070] Re: [mg43010] Re: [mg42971] Re: [mg42958] Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:46:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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My gosh, you're right: all the printer drivers I have in Windows XP do allow 2-up printing. FinePrint does alow preview, but I believe it creates a temporary file -- how else could it work? I've never benchmarked it, but my sense is that using the FinePrint driver is quicker than first printing (with some other driver), then distilling, then viewing in Acrobat Reader. Dr Bob wrote: >>> Of course this sort of utility -- at least the 2-up part -- is such a >>> basic printing function that it ought to be built into the operating >>> system, as it is with Macs. > > > I think it is (in XP, at least), if by 2-up you mean two per page. I > can also print two-per-page to paper, and I can preview by printing to > the Acrobat Distiller. (Acrobat isn't built-in, of course.) > > I'm trying to decide whether FinePrint has significant advantages over > Acrobat, and the descriptions I've seen don't really settle the > question. Is it faster? Can you preview without creating an output > file? It is nominally cheaper, but I can get a Student version of > Acrobat for about the same price as FinePrint. It is time to upgrade to > Acrobat 6 soon if I'm going to, so -- if you have any clarifications, > let me know. > > Bobby > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:26:25 -0400 (EDT), Murray Eisenberg > <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > >> I've used the current version, FinePrint 5, under Windows XP with >> Mathematica 4.2.1 and now with Mathematica 5.0. I want to second the >> point in the posting below about the usefulness of previewing >> notebooks in this utility -- and to mention that one can use it >> actually to print pages 2-up, or to print back-to-back, booklet >> format, etc. The utility takes care of figuring out which document >> page goes where. >> >> (Of course this sort of utility -- at least the 2-up part -- is such a >> basic printing function that it ought to be built into the operating >> system, as it is with Macs.) >> >> Robert Kragler wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> concerning Previewing of Mathematica notebooks under Windows my >>> recommendation is FinePrint2000 which hooks between the application >>> and any printer driver. FinePrint2000 allows a very nice previewing >>> even of 2 resp. 4 pages on a single sheet and displays the actual >>> layout/appearance of the final print so that I may correct pagebreak >>> etc. before the actual (lengthy) printing. >>> >>> Robert Kragler >>> >>> >>> Date sent: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:16:34 -0400 (EDT) >>> From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> >> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> >>> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >>> Subject: [mg43070] [mg43010] [mg42971] [mg42958] Re: Page preview in >>> Mathematica ?, Kerning >>> Send reply to: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk> >>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Re: Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning
- From: "Robert Kragler" <kragler@fh-weingarten.de>
- Re: Re: Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Re: Re: Page preview in Mathematica ?, Kerning