Macro Sets
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We write LaTeX macro sets for
book and journal production, database publishing, software
documentation, and other custom applications. These macro sets
may include PostScript code for design elements
and color, and/or PDFmark commands
used to prelink LaTeX documents that will be used to generate PDF.
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Macro Packages for Books and Journals
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We produce a complete package for publishers of books and
journals, following the specifications provided by the publishing
company. The package includes the LaTeX class file, an optional PostScript
font file, a sample file demonstrating each new macro written,
and documentation in LaTeX and PDF form. These files may then
be distributed to the authors via the web.
See
Sample Pages for some
of the results.
Author support is
an optional service,
since some authors may have additional requirements
for customization of the macro set, or may need some assistance with
questions that they may have in the process of producing their
document.
Macro sets we have produced have been used for years by Wiley,
Kluwer, American Meteorological Society, and many other organizations.
More recently we have provided Academic Press with three journal
macro sets and a book macro set, which have already been used
by many authors of both journal articles and books. American
Geophysical Society has recently commissioned the AGU2000
package, a two-column journal style to be used by eight AGU journals
and AGU authors world wide.
On-going support
is currently being offered to Kluwer, Wiley,
Academic Press, AGU,
and Birkhäuser authors who are using TeXnology macro sets.
For more information see
Client List.
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Prelinked PDF Generation
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LaTeX is an ideal language to use for PDF generation, since
macros may be built to automate the linking of the table of
contents, index, cross-references, graphics or any other
element in which hypertext links would be beneficial. In
addition color may be added in the macro set, as well as any
other feature of the Acrobat package.
An example of a macro file that we've produced that includes
prelinking for PDF is the
CreditMetrics
Monitor, a journal to be published
on-line in PDF as well as in print.
A sample of TeXnology
Journal Documentation for Authors, and
Edited Book Documentation for Authors
in PDF form may be found here. Notice
the linked index, toc, and navigation links at the top
of each page, as well as the automatically generated
bookmarks on the lefthand side of the page. These PDF files were
formatted with screen viewing in mind.
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Custom Macro Packages
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We enjoy a challenge, and welcome requests for macro packages
of a more unusual nature. Examples include database publishing,
as we recently did for IEEE who needed
help in the process of translating
approximately 500,000 articles from SGML with embedded
TeX code into HTML form;
for Hewlett Packard translating documents from SGML to TeX to
be used in slides for in-house training; database publishing macros
for Dushkin/McGraw-Hill to automate anthology production; and
for InterMetrics who distributed information about their
software in tables several hundreds of pages long.
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Software Documentation
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Since software documentation needs to be updated often,
in-house publishing makes sense, and LaTeX
is a logical technology for this purpose.
We have
produced macro packages for in-house publishing for
The MathWorks,
Alpha Software,
Cytel Software,
and the Saddlebrook Corporation. Cytel has
investigated the possibility of including a link in their
software to
their complete software documentation in PDF form, so that
their users can access an unabridged hypertext linked version of the
documentation
while they are using Cytel's software. This is an important improvement
over RoboHelp, and
simplifies maintainance of the
documentation, since
there will only be one set of documentation to update with each new
version of the Cytel software.
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Teaching
- Finally, we offer customized on-site LaTeX training. Recent
teaching assignments include MIT Information Systems, training
for the support staff in the Harvard Math Department, for the
Jefferson National Accelerator Lab, and for
the Harvard School of Public Health. A course may be arranged
at your site which meets the needs of your LaTeX staff.
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Current Projects
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A project in the planning stages is a Science web site for
distribution of
books and articles in PDF, eSciencePress. Anyone interested
in distributing their book in PDF form, or who is looking
for more information on eSciencePress, send email:
eScience@TeXnology.com.
Another project currently under review is authoring
a book on LaTeX macro writing, tentatively named
AH LaTeX!
A Visual Guide to LaTeX Macro Writing.
Anyone with
suggestions on topics to be covered, please email:
info@TeXnology.com
- Contact Us
We'd love to hear from you!
Email:
info@TeXnology.com
Phone:
617 738-8029
Address:
TeXnology Inc.
57 Longwood Avenue
Brookline, MA 02446
USA
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