Re: Good office suite with powerful formulas?

From: Alon Altman (alon_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Tue 29 Jun 2004 - 22:56:07 IDT


> I'm currently using Open-Office whenever I can, but I am still stuck
> with QText on Windows for my homework, and the headache is because my
> powerfull formula editor (MathType 5.0 - big brother of Equation Editor
> 3.0) does not have a good replacement in Open Office. Truth is,
> OpenOffice's equation editor does not begin to compare.
>
> So, I'm looking for either a good replacement for OpenOffice (I know
> about Jex, but as of 3-4 months ago it wasn't very close either), or a
> different Office suite with Hebrew support that will have a better
> formula editor. I've heard good things about KOffice.
>
> If I won't find a good one, I'll have to stop doing my homework and
> start writing an equation editor :)
>
> So, I'll appreciate your comments on this. Thanks.
>
> Oh, BTW - Is anything as easy to use in Hebrew as QText?

  It's not an office suite per se, but do try LyX, which is a graphical
frontend to the LaTeX document preperation system. You've actually just
missed a lecture about it at the Haifa Linux Club:
http://www.haifux.org/lectures/105-sil/

  Alon

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