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LaTeX pdf Used?
Authored by: Colleague on Jan 12, '03 07:34:13AM

I've tried to insert equation from latex into keynote. And it was cool!
I just create equation using latex and pdf latex or ps2pdf. and a simple drag and drop
works. but the size of the inserted object is always the size defined by your dvips or ps2pdf. that means that if you don't care about that, you will insert A4 or Letter pdf in your presentation. I've planned to write a little gui to manage that, but i don't have a lot of time for that actually.

One last thing. Doing so, you will also use the font embedded in your pdf. That means that it can be any fonts used in texmf, even if it is not defined in macosX



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LaTeX pdf Used?
Authored by: herbs on Jan 12, '03 07:40:57PM

Howdy,

Ooooooo, now I know I've got to get Keynote!!!!

Thanks for the info.

Good Luck,
Herb Schulz



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LaTeX pdf Used?
Authored by: sim240vac on Jan 12, '03 09:23:33PM

Somebody beat you to it - search Google for "Equation Service"... :-).



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LaTeX pdf Used?
Authored by: Colleague on Jan 16, '03 07:01:25AM

It is good to know...
thanks!



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LaTeX pdf Used?
Authored by: sim240vac on Jan 20, '03 10:36:04PM

After having played with Keynote (and Equation Service) a little now - I like it. I like it a lot. It probably doesn't do everything that powerpoint does, but it seems much more intuitive to use, and I think it does everything I'll ever need. It seems much better than going the "completely PDF / give presentations in Acrobat" route that some people are taking.

A tip: with Equation Service, unselect "use color" in the preferences, and then simply drag and drop the typeset equation (which is a small pdf) into Keynote. Then you can have nice typeset latex equations sitting on top of your "themed" presentation. I'm using Letterpress - my boss will cringe, he's a strictly white backgrounds man...



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