Csm Applications Faq

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 07:36:27 +0700 From: eharold@sunspot.noao.edu (Elliotte Harold) Subject: New version of the application faq Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.answers,news.answers From: elharo@shock.njit.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold) Reply-To: elharo@shock.njit.edu (Elliotte Harold) Organization: Department of Mathematics, NJIT Summary: This document answers a number of the most frequently asked questions about Macintosh application software on Usenet. To avoid wasting bandwidth and as a matter of politeness please familiarize yourself with this document BEFORE posting. Subject: Macintosh application software frequently asked questions (FAQ) Keywords: FAQ, Macintosh, Mac, macintosh, mac, apps, applications Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Archive-name: macintosh/apps-faq Version: 2.3.0 Last-modified: July 11, 1994 Maintainer: elharo@shock.njit.edu Frequently Asked Questions about Macintosh Application Software =============================================================== comp.sys.mac.faq, part 4: comp.sys.mac.apps Copyright 1993,1994 by Elliotte Harold Please see section 5.8 of the general FAQ if you wish to redistribute, revise or republish this document in any way. Archive-name: macintosh/apps-faq Version: 2.3.0 Last-modified: July 11, 1994 Address comments to elharo@shock.njit.edu What's new in version 2.3.0: ---------------------------- This FAQ list now features URL's for a lot of software. See the general FAQ list for details. 1.6: What's the best spreadsheet? Now that Lotus has abandoned 1-2-3 the only full-powered Mac spreadsheet is Excel. 1.7: What's the best JPEG Viewer? I've removed mentions of some of the less effective tools for viewing JPEG's. 1.9: What's the best drawing application? The release of Illustrator 5.5 and the proposed Aldus/Adobe merger is making Illustrator a clearer choice. 1.11: What's the best OCR software? Xerox TextBridge does a better job of recognition than I had previously indicated. Table of Contents ================================================================== I. What's the Best... 1. Text editor 2. Word processor 3. Genealogy software 4. TeX/LaTeX 5. Integrated application 6. Spreadsheet 7. JPEG Viewer 8. Electronic publishing software 9. Drawing application 10. Typing tutor? 11. OCR software? II. Microsoft Word 1. How can I assign styles to characters? 2. How can I automatically generate cross-references? 3. How can I change a Word document to TeX? and vice-versa? 4. How can I depersonalize Word? 5. Where can I get more information? III. TeachText 1. How can I change the font in TeachText? 2. How do I …