Re: Who should use (La)TeX - who is able to use it?

Maybe this could be useful:
I had a lot of figures made in Canvas but within Word files.
I copy the figure in the Word file and paste it in Intaglio which I then 
save in pdf "cropped to contents size".
(Actually, I also keep a copy saved in Intaglio in case of later editing.)
By the way, Intaglio is a very, very nice, completely Mac app.
Regards
--schremmer

Jack Kuipers wrote:

> Thank you, Joseph
>
> I use TeXShop ie TeX/LaTeX but I am not familiar with metapost, mfpic, 
> and/or  xfig.
> Are they packages, graphics apps, or utilities. They are discussed where?
> I have been converting all my figures (in Superpaint) from whatever to 
> eps. Then, using
> pkg eps2pdf to put them in pdf format. Not very successful for me.
> Sorry for being so dense. Tell me where and I'll find out about what 
> needs doing.
> Thanx,
>
> Jack
>
> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>
> > On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
> > > you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
> > > it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
> > > "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
> >
> > Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
> > metapost as needed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
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>
> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>
> > On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
> > > you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
> > > it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
> > > "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
> >
> > Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
> > metapost as needed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
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> > Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
> >           & FAQ: http://latex.yauh.de/faq/
> > TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
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