Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg109708] Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 07:23:32 -0400 (EDT)
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Per R=F8nne wrote: > Dominic <miliotodc at rtconline.com> wrote: > >> Based on what you wrote I gather you're not familiar with StyleSheets in >> Mathematica. That's what you need to learn how to use. You either use >> an existing Stylesheet or create your own. The StyleSheet then has >> various cell templates that you choose to enter various formatted data >> into your notebook. For example if you wanted to enter a block of >> descriptive text, you would choose the "text" style, and then as you >> enter text into that cell style, it's formatted as simple text although >> embedded math can be entered as well. There is a whole process for >> managing, editing, creating, and using stylesheets in Mathematica. For >> example, if I just wanted to startout using the Book stylesheet, I would >> choose File/New/Styled Notebook/Book. That loads a default stylesheet >> in a default "book" style. But you would need to understand how to use >> those styles and edit the styles and I'm not aware of a good reference >> for that. > > I have come a long way since I wrote my original post, partly through > private mails partly through guessing and reading in Stephen Wolfram's > "The Mathematica Book 5th Edition". I have now solved my original > problems but of course there's lots of stuff I haven't been through yet. > > I'm still waiting for answers from Wolfram as to whether I can update my > Mathematica 5 TE which has been "discontinued and no longer supported". > Otherwise, I'll just use my old TE on my old G4/867 Macintosh running > MacOS X 10.4 'Tiger' [I can then also run Classic apps]. I won't give up > my Snow Leopard on my newer computers and I can wait the 15 months it > will take for me to be able to purchase a Student's Edition. =A390 the > price will then be, rather than =A3195 for a "Home Edition". > -- > Per Erik R=F8nne > http://www.RQNNE.dk > Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare turpe > I wonder if Snow Leopard can run VirtualBox (free to download). This would let you run a viritual Windows or Linux inside it. Running the appropriate version of Mathematica in that environment might be a good work around, but I would check with Wolfram Research first. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk