Version 6.0 New Features
for Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook
Here's our list of favourite new features in version 6.0 – apart from the obvious benefits of running on the Mac and having multiple levels of Undo available. Enjoy the videos below! Please also watch the videos on our Scientific Word & Scientific WorkPlace pages, and the Demonstration Videos page.
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Don't forget the system specs. for running v6.0 are undemanding – see our April 2015 mailing Item 1. And our Installation Instructions are available here.
HTML export
Our top favourite is the ability to publish your maths/science papers directly to the web as an .xhtml document. That's why we documented it first in our December 2015 mailing Item 7 (but also see our February 2019 mailing Item 3). Why not go there now to see how, and click the link to see the result! Beautiful, or what?
HTML export in Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6 – from Dr Christopher Mabb
This demo shows the settings to use and pitfalls to avoid when creating a web document using Scientific Word/WorkPlace 6. The video lasts 5 minutes – please watch in HD.
Please don't forget to watch the videos on our Scientific Word, Scientific WorkPlace and Demonstration videos pages.
Choose your own fonts
We also love the fact that you're no longer tied to Computer Modern. We mentioned this in our June 2016 mailing Item 4, and we recommend you go there next. Doesn't changefont4.pdf makes you smile?
Choosing other fonts in Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6 – from Dr Christopher Mabb
This demo shows how easy it is to use your own fonts when producing PDFs using XƎTEX in Scientific Word/WorkPlace 6. The video lasts 3 minutes – please watch in HD.
Please don't forget to watch the videos on our Scientific Word, Scientific WorkPlace and Demonstration videos pages.
Whatever symbols you want
Scientific Word/WorkPlace version 6.0 gives you a massive choice of symbols. And just in case we don't supply a symbol you want, here's how to use any LaTeX or Unicode characters.
Entering symbols in Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6 – from Dr Christopher Mabb
How to enter symbols by selecting from the left sidebar – or as LaTeX or Unicode characters – using Scientific Word/WorkPlace 6. Two videos lasting a total of 8 minutes – please watch in HD.
Please don't forget to watch the videos on our Scientific Word, Scientific WorkPlace and Demonstration videos pages.
Changing the page layout
It's easy in version 6.0 to change things like:
- Orientation:
- To change the whole document to landscape, click on Typeset – Document Format – General – Enable overriding the document style – Basic layout – Page Orientation – Landscape, before clicking on OK
- To switch to landscape part way through a document, insert an Encapsulated TeX field (Insert – Typeset Object – TeX field) saying \begin{landscape}, and in the "Requires Package" box enter lscape. Then at the place you want to revert to Portrait, insert an Encapsulated TeX field saying \end{landscape}. We've put a sample of this here: landscapesample.sci and landscapesample.pdf
- Margins: click on Typeset – Document Format – Page Layout – Enable overriding page layout, and then go down to the Body and Margins dialogs (at the bottom) to enter the numbers you want, before clicking on OK.
Actually, rather than entering numbers, it's easier to use the left and right arrows to adjust Body Width and Left Margin, and the up and down arrows to adjust Body Height and Top Margin.
Page layout in Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6 – from Dr Christopher Mabb
How to change the layout – margins, landscape/portrait, number of columns – using Scientific Word/WorkPlace 6. Two videos lasting a total of 8 minutes – please watch in HD.
Please don't forget to watch the videos on our Scientific Word, Scientific WorkPlace and Demonstration videos pages.
Customizing the toolbars
This very welcome return of the ability to edit the Symbol Cache in earlier versions is covered in our June 2016 mailing Item 7. It's not something you'd probably find by yourself – we're sure it will be as useful now as it was in v4.1 and v5.0!
Customising the toolbars in Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6 – from Dr Christopher Mabb
This demo shows how easy it is to select the buttons you want for your toolbars in Scientific Word/WorkPlace 6. The video lasts 2½ minutes – please watch in HD.
Please don't forget to watch the videos on our Scientific Word, Scientific WorkPlace and Demonstration videos pages.
And if you'd like even more detail of the new features, then here is the official list, together with the video from MacKichan Software (first minute, audio only):
Scientific Word/WorkPlace, version 6 – "New Features" from Barry MacKichan.
This screencast runs through some of the major new, or significantly enhanced, features in Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word version 6.0. It lasts about 22 minutes; please note that the first minute is audio only. Plese watch in HD. The first screencast, "The Basics", is here.
Last Updated: 14th November 2020
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