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The Integration of Math Typesetting and Computer Algebra
Product Description
With Scientific WorkPlace, you can create, edit, and
typeset mathematical and scientific text more easily than ever before.
The software is based on an easy-to-use word processor that completely
integrates writing mathematics and text in the same environment. With
the built-in computer algebra systems, you can perform computations
right on the screen.
Principal Characteristics
Scientific WorkPlace 6®
Scientific WorkPlace Version 6 makes writing, sharing and typesetting
mathematical and scientific text easier than you ever imagined. This is
an easy-to-use word processor that integrates mathematics and text in
the same environment. The embedded MuPAD 5® computer algebra engine in
Scientific WorkPlace 6 allows the user to perform computations on the
screen, and to print them out correctly formatted.
With Version 6 you have a choice of operating systems: Windows® or OS
X®. With its entirely new Mozilla-based architecture, Version 6
provides more flexibility; you can save or export your documents in
multiple formats according to your publication and portability needs.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 continues to be a front-end for the LATEX
typesetting program which is used to typeset complex technical
documents. This means that you don’t have to learn the LATEX syntax.
Because of its superior precision and quality, LATEX is the gold
standard for publishers and authors of scientific papers and books.
When you typeset, LATEX automatically generates footnotes, indexes,
bibliographies, tables of contents and cross references. The software
includes document shells that have been designed to meet the
typesetting requirements of specific professional journals and
institutions. Scientific WorkPlace 6 automatically saves your documents
as XML files. This makes them completely portable across platforms.
Sharing your work with colleagues is easy and seamless.
New Look
Scientific WorkPlace 6 has an updated program window with streamlined
layouts for the toolbars and symbol panels. Most tools work the same
way they did in earlier versions. A mouse-activated tooltip gives the
name of each toolbar button and panel symbols. With Version 6 you can
display your document with or without XML tags, as XHTML source code,
or PDF.
Document Production
Documents and all files related to them (embedded files, plot files,
etc.) are automatically bundled together. In Scientific WorkPlace 6 you
only need a single file bearing the extension .sci to share a document.
You can seamlessly import LATEX files created with earlier versions of the program, and can export any document as a LATEX file.
In XML and XHTML files, Version 6 represents your mathematics as
MathML. This makes it easy to create XHTML web files for the
representation of your mathematics on various platforms over the
Internet with a browser. The recommended browser for Version 6 is
Firefox, not Scientific Viewer.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 gives you multiple document production options.
You can choose whether to preview or print directly from the program
window when you are ready for output, or you can view your document in
a browser. With Scientific WorkPlace you can typeset your document when
you need the extensive document formatting that LATEX and pdfLATEX
provide.
New to Version 6 you may Undo an unlimited number of previous editing changes from your current session within a document.
Also new is the ability to check your spelling in realtime. With the
inline spell checking from MySpell, you can catch any misspellings.
MySpell, which is open-source, includes dictionaries in over 40
languages. Misspelled words have a wavy red underline.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 speeds document formatting with a new visual
interface for page layouts. Common tasks, such as a section head and
footnote formatting are simpler. This new WYSIWYG interface translates
directly to TEX. There is little or no need to use the document
preamble or raw TEX commands to achieve the page format you want.
Fragments in Version 6 can contain text, mathematics, TEX strings,
XHTML code, graphics, or anything else that can go on the clipboard.
The program comes with a few pre-defined fragments. Information in
fragments can carry tags, and fragments from each document are
available to all.
Tables in Scientific WorkPlace 6 are made easier by a new visual
interface. Rows and columns will resize automatically to fit the amount
of information being entered; you can also manually resize them.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 gives you improved and scalable fonts. Use
pdfLATEX or XƎTEX to create documents with a wide variety of scalable
fonts. With XƎTEX you can use any OpenType font installed on your
computer, as well as Unicode and associated extended Unicode TrueType
fonts. The program includes the latest version of LATEX and AℳS macros.
The packages yield ligatures and kerning in all text when documents are
typeset.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 supports any left-to-right or right-to-left language that is supported by your operating system.
The manual, Creating Documents with Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific
Word Version 6, by Clint Hicks, is a guide to the substantial changes
in this new version. Written as an introduction for new users, as well
as giving existing users information about the important changes to the
functionality of our programs, this manual is available as a download,
but can also be purchased in paperback.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 Adds the Power of MuPAD 5
Scientific WorkPlace 6 uses MuPAD 5 as the embedded
computer algebra system. In this integrated working environment, you
can enter mathematics and perform computations without having to think
or work in a programming language.
Scientific WorkPlace 6 uses natural mathematical notation, so you don’t
have to master complex syntax to be able to evaluate, simplify, solve,
or plot mathematical expressions. Full computer algebra capabilities
are available. You can compute symbolically or numerically, integrate,
differentiate, and solve algebraic and differential equations. With
menu commands you can compute with over 150 units of physical measure.
With Scientific WorkPlace 6 you can create two- and three-dimensional
plots in many styles and coordinate systems, and enhance the plots with
background color, grid lines, and plot labels in specified locations
and orientations. Although there are substantial changes to Scientific
WorkPlace 6, the computation behavior of the program is largely
unchanged and will be familiar to previous users of our products.
The manual, Doing Mathematics with Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific
Notebook Version 6 by Darel W. Hardy and Carol L. Walker, describes the
use of the underlying computer algebra system for doing mathematical
calculations. In particular, it explains how to use the built-in
computer algebra system to do a wide range of mathematics without
dealing directly with MuPAD syntax. This manual is available as a
download, but can also be purchased in paperback.
Increased Productivity
While you are doing the work of creating content, you do not need to be
distracted by formatting tasks. Scientific WorkPlace 6 does that work
for you. With so many available output options, each with a different
purpose and appearance, taking the time-consuming approach of trying to
make the document on the screen look as much as possible like the
printed document is simply not necessary.
Because the document window does not correspond directly to the size of
online or printed pages, the program does not display page divisions or
fixed line lengths on the screen; lines are broken to fit the size of
the window. When you preview the document, you will see the page
divisions correctly. Our programs use styles and tags for formatting
documents, which can be printed directly or saved as XHTML files for
use on your website.
Version 6 provides direct access to the Internet from within the
program. The online Help system provides fast information when you need
it. Free, competent technical help is available from MacKichan
Software, Inc. by email, phone, or fax.
Systems Technical Requirements
Version 6:
Windows® XP or above; OS X® 10.5 or above (with Intel® processor)
800 MB - 1 GB hard disk space, depending on the type of hard drive and the installation options selected
Internet connection
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