BKMKTXWK.RVW 940512 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 103 Morris Street, Suite A Sebastopol, CA 95472 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 info@ora.com or nuts@ora.com "Making TeX Work", Walsh, 1994, 1-56592-051-1, U$29.95 TeX has primarily been used in the academic environment. One reason may be that TeX and many of the associated tools are free. Most TeX users, however, will have been introduced to the system when confronted with the need to print a thesis. The hapless user is then informed of the requirement to use TeX, and is likely given such helpful advice as, "John can set you up." John, if available, probably will set you up--at a basic, minimum level, just sufficient to get the thesis done. If the user gets interested, he or she will compile over time a set of resources to tackle various different jobs. This process is not appreciated by the business community, though, which may be the second reason why TeX is more popular among academics. Walsh's book may change the picture, here. This is not a reference on how to use TeX, but a listing and description of the various assorted tools and files that will ... well, make TeX work. Most importantly, there is contact information for both free and commercial programs available, and coverage of PC and Mac versions for the common business desktop. Of course, some academics may find this helpful, as well ... copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKMKTXWK.RVW 940412 ====================== DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733 Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Oct. '94) Springer-Verlag