Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg109735] Re: How to write reports and books in Mathematica
- From: per at RQNNE.invalid (Per Rønne)
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 05:35:08 -0400 (EDT)
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David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk> wrote: > Per R=F8nne wrote: > > Dominic <miliotodc at rtconline.com> wrote: > > > >> Based on what you wrote I gather you're not familiar with StyleSheet= s 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 da= ta > >> 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 altho= ugh > >> 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 w= ould > >> choose File/New/Styled Notebook/Book. That loads a default styleshe= et > >> 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 referen= ce > >> 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 y= et. > > > > 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. 90 pound > > sterling the price will then be, rather than 195 for a "Home Edition"=