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From: DAVISON@BKNLVMS.Bitnet (BRIAN D. DAVISON)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: A couple of questions...
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Date: 28 Nov 88 01:59:03 GMT
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Does anyone know if ReadySetGo has been released for the IBM as of yet?
And if not, when it is scheduled to be released?  And if it will be
comparable to the Mac version.
	
	[moderatorial comment: I don't believe there are any plans to 
	 port RSG to the IBM-PC. Both Manhattan Graphics and Letraset
	 (developer and publisher, respectively) have strong committments to
	 the Mac market -- chuq]

Also, could someone let me know which publishing package, Ventura Publisher
or PageMaker does mathematical equations better?  More easily?

Some background: I am in the process of trying to get a job of re-laying
out an introductory Physics textbook here at Bucknell University,
initially for internal use, but possibly for outside publication in the
near future.  I have become quite familiar with ReadySetGo on the Mac
and feel that it would come close to filling the need, but it does not
have good support for equations [RSG 4.0a] and the Physics dept. here
is entirely IBM and they want to be able to easily make modifications
on their computers and not have to find a Macintosh to do it.

Anyway, that puts me in a position of needing to find a package with
which to make a proposal - it needs to have (1) at least decent layout
capabilities with good font handling [including greek character sets];
(2) do equations fairly well with a minimum of fuss; (3) be able to
import vector based [re-sizable] graphics for graphs and illustrations.

I would be interested in hearing any suggestions.  Thank You.

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Brian D. Davison [DAVISON@BKNLVMS.BITNET]
Student Consultant, Bucknell Computer Services
Box C2248 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are not nessarily that of any of my
            employers.  I wrote them; they are mine.
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