[Blindmath] Physics Lab Report

Tue Oct 13 09:24:31 UTC 2009

Firstly TeX, I don't know about protext, but I have used some other TeX 
distributions (eg. miktex on windows). Typically for these you run the 
latex command on the file and get a dvi output. Command would be 
something like:
latex myfile.tex
Please note that you may need to run the latex command on a file a few 
times, the reason I was given is that the first run gathers certain 
information and then one of the later runs actually puts the correct 
numbering on automatically number things.

To convert the dvi file to PDF use a command like:
dvipdf myfile.dvi

There are sometimes helpful programs (eg. pdflatex) which can do all the 
above steps in one go.

Also check the output from LaTeX it will give you important warnings, 
errors, etc (eg. its in that output you will find out that an equation 
is too long for one line). Unfortunately the output from latex may 
contain lots of other information.

I haven't used mathtype, so I am prepared to be corrected, but as I 
understand it from what people say you type your word document as normal 
and then use mathtype's latex mode to input equations (how you 
use/access mathtype's latex input mode I don't know). Could someone who 
knows more about mathtype confirm what the case actually is?

As for a diagram of lab equipment, yes I probably would ask a sighted 
person to help produce a diagram and then scan it in (if they didn't 
produce the diagram on the computer).

Michael Whapples
On 13/10/09 02:36, Matthew wrote:
> 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
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>>> 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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