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| Topic: | Best Desktop Publisher for Geometer's Sketchpad Files |
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| Subject: | RE: Best Desktop Publisher for Geometer's Sketchpad Files |
| Author: | Harlan |
| Date: | Aug 12 2008 |
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drawings (not specifically GSP).
I wonder how iWork does on this task. I have never used it, but was recently
given a version by my son to install.
There also seems to be a linux free word processor available.
All the best, Harlan
On Aug 11 2008, Geomaster wrote:
> Does anyone know the best desktop publisher for compiling Geometer's
> Sketchpad drawings into a single document?
I need to compile a
> combination of various Word documents and GSP files into a single
> document, a huge book, a "Teacher's Edition!"
Out of the 450-500
> pages now ready to be placed into the book, there will be around 40
> or so pages from Word while the other 400-450 pages will be composed
> of single-page Geometer Sketchpad (GSP) files. All of those GSP
> files will have to be individually opened and then copied over into
> the desktop publisher, so I need a software package/publisher that
> is really easy and straightforward to work with (and one which will
> not alter the GSP drawings in any way).
Please understand my
> problem: I cannot use Word (I refuse to use Word!). The dilemma is
> this: To cut and paste all of the 450 GSP files into a single Word
> document is mickey-mouse because Word allows unacceptable
> inaccuracies in the sketches (for instance, geometry points are
> obviously "off" compared to the way they appear/print in the GSP
> program). The results are a disgrace to the great sketches put out
> by GSP!! And I certainly would not put out such trash.
Please,
> what is the best, easiest, and most accurate desktop publisher to
> use for compiling all my Word and GSP files so I can build a single,
> 500-page document to call "the book" and afterwards convert it to a
> pdf?
(There is no need for a "Table of Contents" function as I am
> manually paginating the book.)
Please, help me find some solid
> leads so I can get this thing done before the summer ends!
Many
> thanks,
Craig
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