Equations in WordPerfect 5.1 Documents: Tutorial Stephen Morris, Jill Szuscikiewicz It is unfortunately true that the presentation of a document influences the way its content is received,and all too often an impeccably produced report or paper is let down by scrappy equations. WordPerfect 5.1, still in use by many academics in the UK, contains an excellent equations editor which is largely unexplored, even by researchers and scientists. This is partly because it is quite different from the rest of WordPerfect for the user, and therefore less intuitive to learn. We have devised a computer-based training system, which can also be used as on-line help, to make it more accessible. The tutorial contains a step-by-step guide on the production of equations, suitable for anyone from scientists to secretaries. It runs within WordPerfect. It is assumed that the user will have some familiarity with WordPerfect, but expert knowledge is not required. The six main sections are as follows: 1 Overview: to get you started 2 Using the Equation Pallettes 3 Grouping text using curly brackets 4 Enlarged parentheses and other brackets 5 Superscript and subscript 6 Integration and Summation The software also contains a library of some of the most commonly used equations. These may be selected and inserted within your WordPerfect documents. Once retrieved into a WordPerfect document, these equations can also be imported directly into Word 6 for Windows. Please note, however, that WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS is essential as the first step. Graphics in WordPerfect 5.1 Documents: Tutorial Stephen Morris, David Proffitt Appropriate, well-placed figures and diagrams add much to the appearance of a paper or a report, and overheads for teaching. WordPerfect 5.1s graphics facility is underused in most offices, only making an appearance on party invitations and miscellaneous notices. This package is designed to enable users to incorporate their own diagrams, rather than WordPerfect clip-art, and size and position them to the best advantage. Like the Equations tutorial, it runs within WordPerfect and can be used as on-line help. Expert knowledge of WordPerfect is not required. The main tutorial sections cover: Pulling images into your document Rotating images Cropping images The scanning process Printing Library of Medical Illustrations A library of over 1000 medical line drawings is available for downloading from the St Georges Hospital Medical School WWW site: http://www.sghms.ac.uk/computer/imagelib/imagelib.htm The images are held in BMP and PCX format, which can be handled by most modern software. Individual images are copyright free, and may be used in the production of teaching materials. However there are some restrictions (for example, on the formation of a new collection drawn from this library). All enquiries of a copyright nature should be directed to the copyright holders (Cedric Gilson, Audio-Visual Department, The Medical College of St Bartholomews Hospital). System requirements The Library of Medical Illustrations is available over the World Wide Web. This requires Internet access and a graphic WWW browser, and is equally accessible to PC, UNIX and Mac systems. In order to install and run the tutorials require that you have the DOS version of WordPerfect 5.1 installed on your PC. Price:-UKHE 25pounds Non UKHE 25 poundsplus p&p Distribution:- The products , which are available as a single package, are obtainable from:- Mrs Jean Burgan UCoSDA Ingram House 65 Wilkinson Street University of Sheffield SHEFFIELD S10 2gj Tel: 0114 272 5248 Fax: 0114 272 8705 Email: j.burgan@sheffield.ac.uk