Is anyone using LaTeXiT with Pages?
By FJM at Tue, Jun 2 2009 4:57am |
I have been using LaTeXiT for typing equations into Keynote (several version, including 09) without any problem...Just paste an equation typeset in PDF in Keynote and, latter, you can copy back into LaTeXiT where the LaTeX code is preserved and it can be edited or corrected...so far so good. Well, this does not work in Pages, if you paste back your equation into LaTeXiT you just get the very text of the equation but do not recover the LaTeX code, very annoying...Any hint ?
Re: Is anyone using LaTeXiT with Pages?
You can select the equation in Pages, open the Inspector and you'll find in the Dimensions tab the file droppedImage.pdf; you can drag it and drop it on LaTeXiT to behave correctly.
I wish it worked as in Keynote, it is easier but, at least you don't have to rewrite the whole equation. Hope this helps,
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O. Luaces
Re: Is anyone using LaTeXiT with Pages?
Tanks for your answer...It helps and a lot indeed...your solution is easier that another one I have found meanwhile...which adds something more about this mistery...
It seems that Pages messes somewhat the metadata in the PDF generated by LaTeXiT...
When you copy the PDF formula from Page in LaTeXiT the LaTeX code is lost but...if you paste the PDF into Keynote and the copy again and paste into LaTeXiT the LaTeX code is there...something is messing the copy paste process...but the metadata are not really lost...
So now I create equations in LaTeXiT and paste it in Pages, if I need to correct or change something, I copy from Pages into Keynote and then copy again an paste in LaTeXiT, reformat and paste the PDF formula into Pages again...Sort of solution but a mess... at least your solution is much more effective
Use ordinary LaTeX instead?
Did you consider using ordinary LaTeX instead? If you create a pdf with pdflatex, you can copy-paste from this pdf via preview, keeping vector graphics intact. This way, you can just use equations from work notes, articles, and your presentation-equation-repository. Also, you can add notes for each equation of what the symbols mean etc in your "work note" document, if needed.
That is what I did when I
That is what I did when I first started to use LaTeX but LaTeXiT is very useful and avoids the use of a parallel docuement with the LaTeX equations and notes... At the moment the solution reported but O. Luaces seems quite usable so it is what I am doing the I use Pages. Surprisingly enough for Keynote everything works right as usual...I have no idea what Pages does to the clipboard...
if you are in pages and have
if you are in pages and have an equation in there already,
copy the equation form pages to keynote.
select what you just pasted in keynote and copy it again from keynote into latexit.
you should be able to edit it again.