Hi Randy,
You could use a LyX-->LaTeXiT-->MS Word workflow to solve the equation editing issue without anyone learning LaTeX syntax.
The LyX document with equations can be exported to a LaTeX *.tex file, and you can open this tex file in any text editor to copy the equations encoded in LaTeX syntax for pasting into the LaTeXiT gui. Alternatively, you can select and copy the equation in the LyX document and paste it directly into the LaTeXiT gui to get back the LaTeX encoding.
LyX gui is very easy to start using productively without reading the manual. However, I do not know of a way to directly use ENDNOTE with LyX. I use LyX to assemble my early drafts, and then I move the draft into MS Word when I need to start adding citations. In MS Word 2011 on a Mac, it is painful to scroll through a large document (>10 pages) with tables and figures, whereas a 1000 page document in LyX can be scrolled through in a flash. LyX has been used to assemble books.
Best regards,
Blaine
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From: CCP4 bulletin board [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of George Reeke [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Equation Editor woes with Office 2011 for Mac
Dear Randy et al,
May I suggest Lyx, an open-source wysiwyg editor that outputs
Latex. The interface is so much like other word processors that
it is a snap to learn quickly and you get those Latex files with
equations that journals, at least math and physics journals, like.
Maybe you could get your colleagues to try it--I did even though
I was sure I didn't want to learn Latex. I use it in Linux,
where you do one of those configure-make-install-from-source-
code installs. Here is the online info for using it on a mac:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wiki.lyx.org_Mac_Mac&d=AwIFaQ&c=qRnFByZajCb3ogDwk-HidsbrxD-31vTsTBEIa6TCCEk&r=39ovrj_9gtbpqLqHj52qObHez22uGBx1oHrj21rIdII&m=LcTP6vjD81n8gdU8pO7MO0O_G5V4cd6IYIjH5HR5LAQ&s=ZKNr8DjE1hiSYE6bjdgorDpAUWU_3gUFfRH9urzCZxI&e=
George Reeke
On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:10 +0100, Randy Read wrote:
> Rather off-topic, but maybe someone on the list has found a way to work around this!
>
> There’s a problem with the Equation Editor in Office 2011 for Mac (i.e. the one that is based on a stripped-down version of MathType, which you get with Insert->Object->Microsoft Equation). You can insert an equation, re-open it and edit it several times, and then suddenly (and seemingly randomly) the equation object will be replaced by a picture showing the equation, which can no longer be edited. I’m writing a rather equation-heavy paper at the moment, and this is driving me crazy.
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> This seems to be a known bug, which has existed from the release of Office 2011. Apparently it happens, unpredictably, when an AutoSave copy of the document is saved, so you can avoid it by turning off the AutoSave feature. The last time this drove me crazy, several years ago, I did try turning off AutoSave. For a while, I was very good about manually saving frequently, but I got into bad habits and eventually Word crashed after I had worked for several hours on a grant proposal without manually saving. So I turned AutoSave back on.
>
> At the moment, the least-bad solution seems to be to turn off AutoSave while I’m working on a document with lots of equations and then (hopefully) remember to turn it back on after that document is finished. But it would be great if someone has come up with a better cure for this problem.
>
> No doubt someone will suggest switching from Word to LaTeX, but I need to be able to collaborate on paper-writing, and even though I might be willing to invest the effort in learning LaTeX, I can’t really expect that of my collaborators. Most people in our field do use Microsoft Word, regardless of its failings. I’ve also tried using the professional version of MathType, but that requires your collaborators to install it as well — and I don’t think that cured the equation to picture problem anyway.
>
> Thanks!
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> Randy J. Read
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