Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg109657] Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 06:25:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Per R=F8nne wrote: > I am the not quote happy owner of Mathematica Teacher's Edition [it > doesn't work on Snow Leopard] and I do now see a future need to write > reports / books using Mathematica - though of course I would then have > to purchase a new version like Mathematica Home Edition at =A3195. > > I do know that all of the Mathematica documentation is written in > Mathematica itself. But nowhere in this documentation do I see how to > enter ordinary text or chapter titles in a Mathematica notebook. > > I have an MSc degree and teach in the Danish 3-year Sixth Form College > for the 16-19-year-olds. After the summer vacation next year I am to > take an extra BSc degree in Physics and Astronomy and this is where I > will need the ability to write reports in Mathematica, including text, > formulas and graphics. > > So I am even considering to wait with the purchase of a new Mathematica > - after all the I've got version 5 from 2003, the present version is 7 > and version 8 might have come then. > > And - I don't even see anything particularly about the issue in Stephen > Wolfram's "The Mathematica Book 5th Edition". With 1,500 pages. Only a > few hints. > -- > Per Erik R=F8nne > http://www.RQNNE.dk > Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe > The simple answer is that any block of text can be formatted in a number of styles (such as Text and Input styles), and to change the style of any cell, click on the right cell bracket, and select a new style from the Format/Style menu. More generally, if you are having difficulty using Mathematica at this level, you would benefit enormously from a one or two day introductory course. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk