POWERMATH PRODUCT OVERVIEW

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PowerMath 4.6

The PowerMath Mathematics Typesetting XTension

Current Implementation: PowerMath is currently implemented as a Quark XTension for the Macintosh Platform. The program is copy-protected by an electronic hardware key ("Dongle") which shares any ADB or USB port on the Macintosh computer. Note: A dongle which is programmed to access current releases of PowerMath will run both versions, 3.x and 4.x. See Ordering Info and Downloads. Networked versions are served by a single hardware key which enables the purchased number of licenses (2 or more) to run on any of the total number of computers on the network at any given time. See the manual for further details. Conversion from 3.x to 4.1 and later is now automatic, although some editing of converted documents may be necessary for some work. See the newly revised manual (posted as of 7/6/98) for details. New work should be initiated in versions 4.x. PowerMath 4.x is a much more fully developed product, and all new program development work will be done for PowerMath4.x and later versions. Functionality: PowerMath was written as a standalone program which can interact with other programs. It uses it's own text editor and typesetting program, and allows for an extremely powerful and flexible system data setup on a per document basis. These system data setups can be created by any knowledgeable user. They exist as files which can be passed to other users of the program. A freeware version of the program allows anyone to view and print documents which contain PowerMath equations. The equations themselves are keyboarded and subsequently edited in a fully interactive, WYSIWYG environment. Mathematical structures, character sizing, spacing and positioning, and pi character access from a user-definable set of pi fonts are fully automated for the keyboarder in the system data setups. Additionally, Ascii files containing normal text as well as coding for interactive PowerMath equations can be keyboarded on other platforms for importation to the Quark document. Any PowerMath equation can be exported back to the Ascii format.

PowerMath new features:

• Hardware key (dongle) attaches to ADB port.
• Redesigned user interface to "tagged" elements of enhanced and expanded data setups makes user interactions far more intuitive and easy to learn.
• Redesigned ASCII coding language, resembles TeX, references "tagged" elements of data setups by name. These elements include pi characters, procedures for math structures, macros, etc.
• PowerMath interfaces with "MathMonarch", an Equation Converter from Westwords Inc. MathMonarch is intended to automate transfer of equations from the MathType authoring platform to the industry standard InDesignQuark/PowerMath publishing platform (and back again at revision time).
• Online interface sets up customizable horizontal placement of superior/inferior characters on a per font/per baseline character basis.
• Powerful, interactively definable macro capability, with merge codes for variable input. Access macros interactively or in ASCII coding.
• Automated stacking of superiors and inferiors.
• Automated, customizable vertical placement of superiors and inferior characters for upsized Pi characters, such as brackets and braces.
• Automated control of min/max optical space above and below division and case fraction rules. PowerMath offers this optional vertical spacing as optical spacing based upon content.
• Colored, shaded, and optically padded backgrounds inside equation boxes.
• Allows nesting of built up structures within matrices.
• Expanded number of procedure data setups and character styles.
• General purpose procedures for"Stacking", or centering, elements over, under, and on the baseline, including such items as "lim" procedures and accented characters.
• Streamlining of production process, elimination of most routine corrections to horizontal and vertical spacing, vertical alignment points, etc.
• "No Flash" feature allows spacing the width of any characters or string of characters as white space.

PowerMath standard features

• Comprehensive, powerful data setups (preferences).
• Global editing capabilities, batch transformations of documents.
• Extensive, automated access to pi characters and alternate styles.
• Complete set of procedures automating creation of math structures.
• Multiple vertical alignment points. Autmatically vertically aligns math operators as chosen by the user, for equations stacked vertically down a page.
• Conversion of equations to PICTs for migration to HTML
• ASCII import and export for offline keyboarding and archiving.
• The program can derive the exact dimensions of every character. Thus PowerMath can size Bounding Boxes precisely.
• Automatic vertical spacing of Equation Boxes in the host document: when the paragraph format which has been specified for display equations contains a specific leading value (not "Autoleading"), PowerMath will maintain the specified leading and "space after", no matter how many multilevel built-up structures appear on the line. This automatic leading adjustment is based on level changes (for multilevel buildups), as well as on content such as oversize characters.
• Automatic Interface to Kytek's Autopage Batch Paginator in QuarkXPress: this streamlines the production process by allowing Autopage to handle importation of Ascii files, then call PowerMath for automatic conversion of Ascii-coded math to interactive PowerMath equation boxes, then perform it's own pagination process to produce pages, all in one fully automated process.
  Furthermore, during the pagination process, PowerMath can respond to queries passed by Autopage concerning the contents of each equation box.

See our Ordering Information page for updated information on ordering new licenses, upgrades to existing licenses, and subscriptions to automatic future upgrades.

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