WebMath: Fwd: LiveMath - February 2001

[June Lester]

The most recent LiveMath Newsletter.  I haven't checked any of this out
yet, so if anyone wants to evaluate the stuff below and report to this
list, please do so.  Note that you can use MathEQ to put math text into web
pages [3 below]!

June

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>LiveMath Newsletter
>February 18, 2001
>
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>
>
>All the LiveMath news that's fit to type:
>
>[1] MathEQ Starts To ROCK!
>    Windows/OLE in b10 now available
>    Windows/Mac HTMLTag new feature
>
>[2] Limits!
>    LiveMath now computes limits.
>    Feature still in beta, but looking good!
>
>[3] LiveMath Plug-In Now Support MathEQ/HTMLTag
>    Equation Rendering inside the HTML page!
>    No more GIFs.  No more Java applets.
>    Use the LiveMath Plug-In (b9 or higher) and do both
>    typeset math and live math inside of the
>    webpage.
>
>[4] Netscape 6 Compatible
>    LiveMath Plug-In now works with NS6 on Win/Mac!
>
>[5] Purchase Your License Keys for MathEQ!
>    Special Introductory Price:  $69 Core Price (download only)
>    [Regular:  $99]  Ends 3/1/2001!
>
>[6] Go Linux Go!
>	Allan continues the battle to make LiveMath triple-platform!
>	If you haven't tried LiveMath Maker for Linux yet, please do!
>
>[7] US and World Distributors
>	We are please to announce our distributions
>	around the world!
>
>[8] New CD-ROMs Ship
>	3.0.1 CD-ROMs ship.  If you have a CD-ROM Upgrade/Support
>	Subscription, you should receive the CDs in the next few
>	weeks!
>
>[9] Versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 4.0 of LiveMath
>	We are current working up the new feature list for LiveMath 3.1,
>	and higher versions.  Make a suggestion on a new feature!
>
>[10] Bugs
>     Some bugs you should know about that we are working on.
>
>============================================================
>============================================================
>
>[1] MathEQ Starts To ROCK!  (3.0.1b10 Win/Mac)
>
>Pete and Wendy, our Windows Engineering Team, have
>been working double-super-overtime to get
>MathEQ - b10 with OLE support - out the door.
>
>We are pleased to announce that MathEQ 3.0.1b10
>is available for download:
>http://www.livemath.com/download/
>Macintosh and Windows, all 11 languages
>(OLE support only on Windows version).
>
>MathEQ's newest feature:  HTMLTag
>
>Create an expression in MathEQ, including
>various color changes to symbols, sizes, fonts, etc.
>
>Select the expression, and choose Edit --> Copy As --> HTMLTag
>
>An EMBED tag is copied to your Clipboard.  Go now to
>an HTML (or text) editor, and do a PASTE.
>
>An EMBED tag looking something like this will be
>inserted:
>
><embed type=plugin/x-theorist exprcode="*****" width=200 height=40
>bgcolor="#ffffff" size=14>
>
>When this HTML file is opened using NS or IE with LiveMath Plug-In 3.0.1b9
>or higher installed, your math expression will be rendered using
>the LiveMath Plug-In!
>
>No GIFs.  No java applets.  No monster tex plugins.  Nice and simple
>math expressions inside of HTML pages!
>
>Check out the instruction file on AskSally:
>http://www.livemath.com/asksallynew/?readthis=982262362
>
>MathEQ/Windows OLE!
>
>Those familiar with OLE functionality will love MathEQ's OLE
>implementation.  Working just like other OLE-compatible products,
>you may create a math expression in MathEQ, and PASTE SPECIAL over
>to an OLE-compliant program (i.e. MS Word, Framemaker, etc).  The
>PASTED math equation is still "owned" by MathEQ - you may edit the
>expression by double-clicking on the pasted image, and MathEQ
>will jump in and take over the editing.
>
>MathEQ and MS Word
>
>Due to a variety of changes to MS Word over the years (since MSWord 5.1),
>some alignment functionality still needs some work.  We are working
>on the necesary VisualBasic macros to do alignment the way it should work
>in MSWord 2000, but for now, we recommend the following workarounds:
>
>Windows/MSWord 2000:  Right-click on the MathEQ expression, and
>choose "Format Object".  Click tab "Layout", then "Advanced".  You
>will see the vertical alignment settings on this screen for manual
>alignment.
>
>Mac/MSWord 2000:  The menus described above for Windows do not
>exist on the Mac/MSWord.  Best to do the following:  Ctrl-Click
>on the MathEQ expression, and choose "Format Object".  Click
>on tab "Position".  Turn OFF "Float As Text".  (You may customize
>MSWord to always leave this off).  You may now drag the expression
>to where you want it on the Word page (in-line equation, for instance).
>Then click on the MathEQ expression, and choose Format --> Font -->
>Character Spacing, and choose "Lowered", adjusting the Point values
>to your desired alignments.
>
>============================================================
>
>[2] Limits!
>
>LiveMath 3.0.1b10 now enjoys a new feature:  LIMITS
>
>To use limits, simply type the following at a math input (square) box:
>
>Limit(
>
>This string will insert a Limit expression, which you may then edit.
>
>You may CALCULATE the limit to get a numerical value, or
>choose EXPAND, where LiveMath will attempt to factor/simplify
>the limit expression, to show any algebraic simplifications it
>can find first before computing the limit.
>
>One-sided limits are also to be supported;  as of b10, they
>don't quite work right.  We should have that fixed in the next beta.
>
>Check out the instruction file on AskSally:
>http://www.livemath.com/asksallynew/?readthis=982264908
>
>============================================================
>
>[3] LiveMath Plug-In Now Support MathEQ/HTMLTag
>
>LiveMath Plug-In 3.0.1b10 will now render math expressions
>created from MathEQ 3.0.1b10 using the HTMLTag feature.
>
>That means that LiveMath Plug-In is the TOTAL SOLUTION
>for doing math on the web.  When you need typeset math
>inside of a webpage, use MathEQ to create the math expression,
>and LiveMath Plug-In will render it.  When you need LIVE,
>interactive math, use LiveMath Maker to create interactive
>mathematics and embed it inside the same webpage.
>
>One Plug-In does it all!  LiveMath Plug-In.
>
>LiveMath Plug-In is FREE, and will always be FREE!
>
>[See the license for redistribution restrictions - many
>people keep asking us!!]
>
>============================================================
>
>[4] Netscape 6 Compatible
>
>We are pleased to report that LiveMath Plug-In 3.0.1b10 is now
>compatible with Netscape 6, for those who are bold enough
>to use this very ambitious browser.
>
>Go Netscape 6!
>
>============================================================
>
>[5] Purchase Your License Keys for MathEQ!
>
>We are happy to announce the a special offer on
>License Keys for MathEQ.
>
>For single-user license keys, the core price
>will be $69 USD until 3/1/2001.
>
>After 3/1/2001, the regular core price for
>MathEQ will be $99.
>
>As with LiveMath Maker, license keys for MathEQ
>will work for all bug fix releases of the current
>version.  For example, if you purchase a License Key
>for MathEQ 3.0, that license key will work for
>all versions 3.0.x
>
>Of course, we encourage everyone to purchase
>Upgrade/Support Subscriptions, which entitle
>the user to upgrade their License Keys for
>versions 3.1, 3.2, and higher.
>
>Purchase at:
>http://www.livemath.com/main/store/
>
>
>============================================================
>
>[6] Go Linux Go!
>
>Allan has been working double-extra hard on the Linux/Redhat
>implementation of LiveMath Maker, of which 3.0.1b6 is available
>for download at
>http://www.livemath.com/download/
>
>We hope to have a new version posted in the next few weeks
>that will correct the remaining bugs, and expand out
>to the current 11 languages supported.
>
>How cool is it?  You've never seen the 3D graphics render
>and spin so fast!
>
>
>============================================================
>
>[7] US and World Distributors
>
>We are very pleased to announce that our academic bookstore
>and retail software store distribution in the U.S.
>and Canada will be handled by Academic Distributing of
>Dewey, Arizona.  Academic Distributing distributes all of the
>national brands of math and retail software to the academic
>market.  We are very excited about this alliance!!
>
>We also welcome our international distributors:
>UK & Ireland:  Chartwell-Yorke
>Japan:  CYNEX
>Korea:  Kimhua Technologies
>Thailand, Malaysia:  Techsource
>Brazil & South America:  Quarks
>
>We are currently in discussions with other distributors,
>including the countries:  France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
>Israel, China, Africa and South Africa, Denmark, Germany,
>and Russia.
>
>Our next languages we plan to expand to:
>Hebrew, Arabic, Polish, Danish, Dutch, Swedish,
>Korean, Chinese, Thai, Malay, SA Spanish, SA Portuguese, Greek.
>
>============================================================
>
>[8] New CD-ROMs Ship
>
>The second edition of LiveMath Maker and LiveMath Plug-In CD-ROMs
>are currently at the printer.
>
>They feature the expanded AskSally help files and documentation,
>with an on-board searchable mechanism so you can search on the
>CD for the help files you are lookin for, without having to
>go on-line.
>
>Those customers who hold Upgrade/Support Subscriptions with
>CD-ROMs will receive their new CD-ROMs in the mail in a few weeks.
>
>The LiveMath Maker, LiveMath Plug-In, and MathEQ most current
>versions are always available RIGHT NOW at the download site:
>
>http://www.livemath.com/download/
>
>So you don't have to wait for the CD-ROM for the freshest
>version of LiveMath and MathEQ!
>
>============================================================
>
>[9] Versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 4.0 of LiveMath
>
>We are current making final changes to our specifications
>for new features for LiveMath 3.1, and starting spec work
>on future versions of LiveMath and MathEQ.
>
>Please go to the "Suggest a Feature" to add in your
>suggestions for this list.  Go to:
>http://www.livemath.com/livemathboard/board/?bid=152744341
>to enter in your suggestions.
>
>============================================================
>
>[10] Bugs
>
>Some bugs that you should be aware of:
>
>A.  WindowsME & IE5.5 & LiveMath Plug-In
>    .... don't like each other.  If you are using WindowsME,
>    you will need to use Netscape (4.76 or 6) currently.  Microsoft
>    has (once again) changed the rules on plug-ins, and we haven't
>    yet figured out how to fix it.
>
>B.  Macintosh & NS & LiveMath Plug-In - Large Bookmarks File
>    This is an old bug.  If you use Netscape/Mac, and have a large
>    bookmark file, you will see some odd behavior with LiveMath Plug-In
>    files being opened using NS.  This problem does appear on IE, too,
>    but stranglely.  Work around:  use URL Manager Pro, or just keep
>    your bookmarks in an external file.  No fun, we know.
>
>
>If you need any assistance with purchasing, information,
>or any other LiveMath related stuff, contact:
>
>Theresa Pascoe
>LiveMath Accounts Manager
>theresa at livemath.com
>617.868.1774 (email is better!)
>617.497.2116 (fax)
>
>Thanks to all of you who support the LiveMath Product Line!
>
>-Robert Curtis
> Product Manager
> Theorist Interactive, LLC
> robert at livemath.com
>
>
>
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