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Use LaTeX formatted equations in Keynote
Authored by: kahless on Feb 20, '03 10:58:53AM

You might also checkout Equation Service http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/EquationService/ by Doug Rowland. You can use it to typeset LaTex to PDF and paste the PDF to the clipboard for import into Keynote. Here is what Doug said about Keynote and Equation Service on the OS X TeX mailing list.

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A word about Keynote and Equation Service:
Keynote does not directly support "text to PDF" services. The way services work in Cocoa is that a given service-providing app (e.g. Equation Service) declares which kinds of inputs it can take in and what kinds of outputs it can spit out. Right now Equation Service must take in a string of text, and it can spit out PDF or TIFF. With the "typeset to pasteboard" service, it has a new kind of service that takes in strings and spits out "nothing".

Then, the service-requesting app (e.g. Keynote) sets up a list of services it is willing to support. For example, many Cocoa apps support "send string, receive string" (ala CalcService) and "send string, receive nothing" (ala GoogleSearch). Keynote does not currently support "send string, receive PDF". It does, however, support "send string, receive nothing", which means it works with the new "typeset to pasteboard" service.

Keynote also does not support arbitrary placement of graphics inside text boxes. Right now, to include graphics inside a "text box" you have to use tables or bullets, both of which have some limitations. I have sent an email to the Keynote development team describing the changes they could make to help Equation Service integrate more smoothly, and they have responded with moderate interest. It might be a lot of work for them, though, so in the meantime the "typeset to pasteboard" works well enough.
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Use LaTeX formatted equations in Keynote
Authored by: Garin on Feb 20, '03 01:15:02PM

The developer's release (0.5B) of Equation Service supports drag'n'drop of the typeset equation (or whatever else). From the main window of the application, enter in an equation. Typeset it, and then drag it over into your presentation.

Uncheck the "use color" option, and it'll create a nice transparent equation.



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minimal install?
Authored by: SOX on Feb 20, '03 04:18:07PM

I dont want to install any teX packages since I already have one (thanks to fink). so what is the minimal install I need to do to get pdflatex?



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minimal install?
Authored by: SOX on Feb 20, '03 04:18:14PM

I dont want to install any teX packages since I already have one (thanks to fink). so what is the minimal install I need to do to get pdflatex?



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minimal install?
Authored by: VEGx on Feb 20, '03 07:01:22PM

IF YOU HAVE (LA)TEX VIA `FINK' YOU ALREADY HAVE IT!!!!



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minimal install?
Authored by: SOX on Feb 20, '03 10:33:13PM

um nope. I had it with an older version of fink. the new one does not seem to have it or at least I cant find it. I suspect it was in the tetex bunlde but that's obsolete in the recent version of TeX on fink. any suggestions?



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minimal install?
Authored by: ashill on Feb 21, '03 01:12:33PM

sudo apt-get install pdftex

pdflatex is a separate fink package that requires TeX to be present, but is not included with the default fink install of the TeTeX package.

-Alex Hill



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Use LaTeX formatted equations in Keynote
Authored by: SOX on Feb 20, '03 05:16:47PM

very frustrating trying to install pdflatex. you have to go through this whole Iisntaller interface that then complains its missing base packages. How does one just install pdflatex?



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