[Blindmath] Physics Lab Report

[Matthew]

Ok! I am still working desperately to understand everything for 
my lab report.  I am starting to understand a lot of the LaTeX 
code, but I am a little confused with regard to actually creating 
my document.  I now have mathtype, so do I need to create a true 
LaTeX document to get my equations in it or do I put them 
straight into word somehow? Also, for future reference, how do I 
use a TeX system like proText to create disdvi files, and then 
put them in dispdf.
	Also, quickly, is the best way to create diagrams of a lab 
equipment setup to have a sighted person sketch them and scan 
them into my report, or what method is better? Thanks for any 
help you can give me!!

Matt

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: John Gardner <john.gardner at orst.edu
>To: Munawar Bijani <munawarb at gmail.com>, Blind Math list for 
those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:56:31 -0700
>Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Physics Lab Report

>You can buy MathType from Design Science, http://www.dessci.com, 
but if
>you are a university student, your campus may have a site 
license, so
>check with your IT department first.

>I believe that the latest MathType works with all versions of 
Word on 32
>bit operating systems, but you should not trust my memory.  The 
Design
>Science web site will tell you for sure what your system 
requirements are.

>J Gardner


>On 10/6/2009 7:10 AM, Munawar Bijani wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Does this stuff work only for Word 2007? I am running 2000.
>> Munawar A.  Bijani
>> "Knowledge is of two types: absorbed and heard.  The heard 
knowledge is
>> only useful if it is absorbed." - Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, Nahj 
Al-Balagha
>> mailto:munawarb at gmail.com
>> http://www.bpcprograms.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Soiffer" 
<Neils at dessci.com
>> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Physics Lab Report


>>> To get from MathType back to TeX, you can simply use a menu 
command in
>>> Word
>>> or its keyboard equivalent (Alt+\) -- you don't need to do set 
the
>>> translator in MathType and do a copy.  Because "$" is common in 
text,
>>> other
>>> delimiters can be used (\[and \]) to indicate what is math and 
what
>>> isn't.

>>> Neil Soiffer
>>> Senior Scientist
>>> Design Science, Inc.
>>> www.dessci.com
>>> ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, WebEQ, 
Equation
>>> Editor ~



>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:30 PM, John Gardner 
<john.gardner at orst.edu
>>> wrote:

>>>> Not quite true, but MathType access is not excellent.  You can 
input
>>>> equations into MathType by typing the Latex equivalent in MS 
Word.
>>>> And you
>>>> can export equations in Latex.  So if you know Latex, you can 
access
>>>> MathType.  This is another case of something that is accessible 
but not
>>>> really very usable.  I believe that you just need to put $ signs
>>>> around the
>>>> Latex for MathType to recognize it and import into MathType.  
Getting the
>>>> Latex out again requires setting parameters properly in 
MathType, then
>>>> copying to the clipboard.  I am not sure how that is done, but 
hopefully
>>>> Neil Soiffer can tell you that.

>>>> J Gardner




>>>> On 10/5/2009 6:02 PM, Matthew wrote:

>>>>> Hi! I am a high school senior in an AP Physics course.  We are 
currently
>>>>> working on a lab that requires a full lab report.  The teacher 
requests
>>>>> that all equation derivations be done in Microsoft Word with 
equation
>>>>> editor, but everything I read says that Jaws cannot work with 
this.  Any
>>>>> suggestions on how I should go about doing this report? Thanks!!

>>>>> Matt

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