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Overview
Programming languages
      Programming language resources
Document Preparation
      Document preparation resources
Other Software
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Summary

Document preparation resources

Package Further information Description
TeX www.tug.org High-quality typesetting software designed for the production of scientific documents.
LaTeX www.latex-project.org The most common set of macros for TeX.
Acrobat Reader www.adobe.com Allows PDF files to be viewed and printed.
Framemaker www.adobe.com A desk-top publishing package which is suitable for large content-rich documents.
Ghostscript www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Allows you to view and print PostScript and PDF files, and to convert files between formats.
Ghostview www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ A user-friendly interface to Ghostscript.
GSView www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Another user-friendly interface to Ghostscript, similar to Ghostview.
Emacs www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ A very sophisticated text editor with an extensive range of features.
KOffice www.koffice.org KDE Office application suite.
StarOffice www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/ A suite of programs similar to Microsoft's Office, including word processor, spreadsheet, etc.
OpenOffice www.openoffice.org An Open Source implementation of StarOffice.

Copyright © 2002 Mike Joy, Stephen Jarvis and Michael Luck