Unbelievable graphic art pictures

What you see are real? Have your eyes ever cheated you? Rob Gonsalves takes us into a unbelievable world full of fantasies. Welcome, everyone.

Chinese version: 幻境
http://time360.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post_23.html

Pictures from: http://www.adventix.net/blog/2007/03/18/unbelievable-graphic-art-pictures-by-rob-gonzales/

Count words in Latex

Have you encountered word count in Latex? It is a problem especially when you are writing an essay with word limit. The easiest way is to pay money to Microsoft and take the Microsoft Office home, of course, have to suffer its ugly output.

Let's make it easy. There are two ways to count word in Latex.

The first one is showed at http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html.
It is a Perl script that counts words in TeX and LaTeX documents. You can run it in the website or download it.

The second one is a Java program named LaTeX Word Counter . The website is at http://lwc.sourceforge.net/index.html. It is a tiny program and easy to use.

Free software 18: Using Flash movies in PowerPoint 2003

Inserting flash to Powerpoint is a complex job, the official document that explains how to use flash movies in Powerpoint 2000 in a step-by-step way is at the Adobe site: Using Flash movies in PowerPoint 2000, which is also suitable for Powerpoint 2003. Obviously, this is not the right way for a lazy guy. ;P

Luckily, a free software called Swiff Point Player simplifies the flash inserting procedure. Download and install it, simply go to Insert menu and choose Flash movie, or click on the Swiff Point Player icon in the PowerPoint Drawing toolbar, and then, all done.

The Swiff Point Player website is:
http://www.globfx.com/products/swfpoint/.

Rotate tables in Latex

If a table is too wide, it does not look elegant. The best is to rotate it.
Add \usepackage{rotating} in the preamble, and use

\begin{sidewaystable}

\end{sidewaystable}

instead of

\begin{table}

\end{table}

Refer to the rotating package document to rotate figures and texts.

Free software 17: HEXelon MAX 6

Are you tired of Microsoft low-quality calculator? Try this one. It is easy, more powerful. This is not the only free calculator that can replace the Microsoft one, but at least it is a good one.

The official website is http://www.hexelon.com/kalkulator/index_en.php

Edit equation easily in Latex

Inseting equation in Latex is really a pain, especially when you insert some long equations consisting of a wide range of symbols.

It would be easier if you have Mathtype: change the output format to Latex, copy the equation in Mathtype, then paste it into Latex file. However, we all know, this software is extremely expensive, it is not affordable for students in developing countries, even in developed countries.

Luckily, Mathtype also provides a equation editor for Latex, it is free! The website is at:
http://www.dessci.com/en/products/texaide/.

Tips:

1. Mathtype usually generates redundant Latex code.
2. If there are words in the equations, you'd better look up the Latex math guide rather than using Mathtype.
   

Two project related questions of LEd

1. Every word is marked as misspelled in LEd

This possibly happens in the project working mode. When open your project, you find everything is underlined by a red wave line.

It happens when you haven't assigned a main dictionary for your project. Right click on your project and select the Project Options, in the Dictionaries branch, choose a main dictionary. Now, it should be back to normal.


2. Nothing displayed in the table of contents window

It happens when you haven't saved the project file in the same folder where the tex files are stored. Simply go to save as and relocate your project file (*.lpr) .