MathType & EndNote alternatives?

[BioCore]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering does anyone here know of any alternatives to mathtype or endnote for use with iWork on Mac? I know that in iWork '09 these two are offered, but they also both come with a good price tag. I would mostly need a mathtype alternative but an endnote one would also be great if there exist any.

What I mean by alternative is free/open source that is.

Thanks.

 

[miles01110]

Download LaTeXit and learn the LaTeX typesetting language.

 

[Molnies]

No idea about MathType since i haven't had any usage of that, but I do on the other hand use EndNote X2 (great academic rebate). However, it is as you said still a bit pricey, and a great alternative if you use Firefox is Zotero.

 

[exegete77]

Consider Bookends, excellent integration with several word processors including Mellel and Nisus Writer Pro.

 

[Cromulent]

Install the MacTex package. It includes absolutely everything you need for TeX and LaTeX on the Mac.

 

[BioCore]

MacTex package, I will look into that. Now is it hard to learn how to use the Latex word processor, as I have never tried it before although have heard great things about it.

 

[miles01110]

It's pretty straightforward to learn the basic commands.

 

[BioCore]

Now do I need to use these applications together or can I also use them with keynote/pages?

 

[miles01110]

At least with LaTeXit you typeset the equation you want, which is then exported as an image you can drop into Keynote.

 

[BioCore]

At least with LaTeXit you typeset the equation you want, which is then exported as an image you can drop into Keynote.

Ok. Another off tangent question this time, when writing reports or science articles, do many of you prefer to use Mactex or is it easier to use pages/Ms word with LaTeXit?

 

[miles01110]

I don't use MacTeX, I prefer TeXShop.

edit: or emacs

 

[BioCore]

Hi there again, I noticed that another optional alternative to Zotero or endnote was bibdisk. Is Bibdisk any good or should I stick with using Zotero?