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Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software

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• Subject: [mg50261] Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software
• From: drbob at bigfoot.com (Bobby R. Treat)
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
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This appears to be an elaborate waste of binary bits.

Rather than make Mathematica do pagination right (and a few other
simple things), they made a new stand-alone LaTex derivative with no
computational capability.

MUCH of the content I'd likely put into Publicon, if I used it, would
originate in Mathematica. But conversion is a one-way street.

Note that Publicon doesn't support footnotes; something every word
processor does do, and something every technical document needs.

On the PLUS side, it's cheap--except in terms of the learning curve.
The online tour makes using it look very involved.

Bobby

newsdesk at wolfram.com (Wolfram Research) wrote in message news:<cg20f3$od7$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon
> Software
> 
> Wolfram Publicon, a powerful new publishing tool based on the
> underlying document technology of Mathematica, is now available
> to purchase as a download for Windows and Mac OS X.
> 
> Created for the growing number of academic researchers,
> students, and industry professionals who need to create
> precisely formatted technical documents in XML and other
> structured data formats, Publicon incorporates many exciting
> features including inline math and chemistry typesetting,
> publisher-specific style sheets, and a scrolling WYSIWYG
> interface ideal for online presentation.
> 
> With Publicon, users can compose more engaging technical
> documents that intuitively incorporate complex scientific
> research. Mathematica users will especially appreciate
> Publicon's unique ability to understand and identify math. All
> Mathematica work, including dynamic 2D and 3D plots, can be
> pasted directly into Publicon documents. Publicon will preserve
> the mathematical content so the work may be evaluated at any
> time in Mathematica.
> 
> Heralded as a "major advance" by Open Access publisher BioMed
> Central, Publicon was built to take the guesswork and hassle out
> of formatting technical documents for publication. Combining
> ease of use with cutting-edge technology, Publicon is the first
> choice for composing structured technical documents for
> electronic or print publication.
> 
> For more information, please visit:
> http://www.wolfram.com/publicon