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Word 2007 documents rejected by leading science journals

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 4 comments
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For reasons known only to itself, Microsoft has changed the default equations editor of Word 2007 so that, unlike previous versions of Word, it is no longer compatible with the globally accepted standard for writing equations in documents, Mathematical Markup Language (MathML).

[As a former Geology and Chemistry Major I feel for the students who have to deal with this. - Scott]

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Comments (4)

jezuch ·
Yay, someone at Microsoft must have a bad case of megalomania. "We're the largest software maker in the world, we can redefine *all* the standards!!!"

TeX rules anyway ;)
beirwin ·
LaTeX, too! :-)

IMHO, scientific journals should have *never* let the nose of the camel in the tent in the first place.
dinotrac ·
Impressive.

Did somebody forget to tell Microsoft they don't have a monopoly any more?
bigg ·
Anyone typing equations in Word should be flogged anyway. If you can't use LyX or some other LaTeX frontend, you're too stupid to be submitting to science journals.

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