Math and word processor for note taking and homework, know any?

 

I've been using word 2007 for few weeks now, and its very annoying, VERY!

 

By the way, it's important to me that it has easy accessible word editing features too

OpenOffice? LaTeX?

i use openoffice. works great and it runs on anything be it linux, mac or windows.

Well I looked at them both

For LaTeX I need to learn a new language and I can't find any guides/tutorials on equation editor for Open Office.

 

For now my solution is to learn some basic TeX and stick with Mc Word since it supports it (at least some of it)

Any more suggestions?

There is a basic form of LaTex that is just similar to what this site has. I will post the link latter. As for note taking I like One Note. But it is useless for typing papers.

 

http://www.lyx.org/

Edited August 24, 200817 yr by DJBruce

There's always pencil and paper, too, right?

There is a program called MathType but it isn't free, you have to purchase it. I think you can get trials so try it out before you purchase it. It allows you to type mathematical notations. You don't need to learn the codes.

 

Here's the link: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/

I suggest pen and paper for note taking and LaTeX for typing up these notes and any other written work.

 

Trying to use LaTeX or anything similar during a lecture will be too difficult. I expect typing any maths (maybe some stuff easy on notation could be ok) would be too slow to keep up.

 

I have seen people take digital photos of the blackboards.