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With Scientific WorkPlace Version
5.5, you can create, edit, and typeset mathematical and scientific
text more easily than ever before. The software is based on an easy-to-use
word processor that completely integrates writing mathematics and text in
the same environment. With the built-in computer algebra system, you can
perform computations right on the screen.
The Gold Standard for Mathematical, Scientific, and Technical Publishing
In Scientific WorkPlace,
you can typeset complex technical documents with LaTeX, the industry
standard for mathematics typesetting. Because of its superior precision and
quality, publishers and writers of scientific material use LaTeX
extensively. When you typeset, LaTeX automatically generates footnotes,
indexes, bibliographies, tables of contents, and cross-references.
You don't have to learn LaTeX to produce typeset
documents. Many of the more than 150 document shells have been designed to
meet the typesetting requirements of specific professional journals and
institutions. Scientific WorkPlace
automatically saves your documents as LaTeX files. You can concentrate on
writing a correct paper; Scientific WorkPlace
makes it a beautiful one.
The Power of An Easy-to-Use Computer Algebra System
Scientific WorkPlace
combines the ease of entering and editing mathematics in natural
mathematical notation with the ability to compute with the built-in computer
algebra
engine, MuPAD® 3.1. In this integrated working
environment, you can enter mathematics and perform computations without
having to think or work in a programming language.
The computer algebra system uses natural mathematical
notation, so you don't have to master complex syntax to be able to evaluate,
simplify, solve, or plot mathematical expressions.
Full computer algebra capabilities are available. You can
compute symbolically or numerically, integrate, differentiate, and solve
algebraic and differential equations. With menu commands, you can compute
with over 150 units of physical measure. You can import data from graphing
calculators.
In addition, you can use the Exam Builder provided with
Scientific WorkPlace to construct exams
algorithmically and to generate, grade, and record quizzes on a web server.
Animate, Rotate, Zoom, and Fly
With Scientific WorkPlace
Version 5.5, you can create 2-D and 3-D plots in many styles and coordinate
systems, and enhance the plots with background colour, grid lines, and plot
labels in specified locations and orientations. And with
MuPAD's VCAM you can animate these kinds of
plots: 2D plots in polar coordinates, 2D and 3D plots in rectangular
coordinates, 2D and 3D implicit plots, 2D and 3D vector fields, 3D tube
plots, 3D plots in cylindrical coordinates, and 3D plots in spherical
coordinates and vector fields.
View all your plots in the VCAM window with playback
toolbar controls. Use your mouse to start, stop, re-run, and loop
animations. Define an animation variable t for your plot and specify
the animation start and end times and the rate of frames per second. With
OpenGL 3D graphics, you can rotate, move, zoom in and out, and fly through
3D plots.
Sharing Your Work Is Easy
Scientific WorkPlace
simplifies working with colleagues in other locations. Version 5.5 includes
a new input filter for importing files created in native LaTeX. The filter
can read many macro definitions not created in
Scientific WorkPlace.
The program also includes support for pdfTeX. Before
passing your file to the pdfTeX processor, Scientific
WorkPlace converts all the graphics in your file to a form that can
be processed by pdfLaTeX. Also, documents that use the Hyperref package
produce PDF documents that are fully hyperlinked, with links in the table of
contents and with hierarchical bookmarks corresponding to the structure of
your document. This combination of support for embedded graphics with a
large variety of formats and full hyperlinking makes the PDF documents
produced by Scientific WorkPlace superior both
to the results of pdfLaTeX alone and to the results of Acrobat. When you use
pdfTeX to print your document, you can use PostScript-related packages such
as Rotating or the PSNFSS font packages that were previously unsupported in
the program.
Support for creating PDF files now combines with Beta
support for Beamer so that you can create typeset PDF presentations from
your Scientific WorkPlace documents. Beamer
support provides dynamic transitions and many predefined slide styles to
help you create professional-looking presentations, handouts, and
transparencies that contain text, mathematics, graphics, and even
animations.
Scientific WorkPlace
imports text (.txt) and Rich Text Format (.rtf) files, and exports documents
to RTF format for importing into Microsoft Word. The mathematics in your
document are converted to Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType 5 format.
You can create .dvi, .htm, .pdf, or .rtf files from your
documents, or generate portable LaTeX output for seamless transfer to
different LaTeX installations. Also, you can copy content to the clipboard
for export as text or graphics to other applications. The Document Manager
simplifies file transfer between colleagues by building all-inclusive
document files, including plot snapshots and VCAM files.
Increased Productivity
This software thinks like you do. Whether you prefer to
use the mouse or the keyboard, entering mathematics is so straightforward
there is practically no learning curve. Formatting is fast, simple, and
consistent. In Scientific WorkPlace, you use
tags to define the document structure and format it consistently.
Users have reported significant productivity increases
when support staff use Scientific WorkPlace
instead of raw LaTeX to typeset documents. Both technical and non-technical
users can quickly learn to enter and number equations, create tables and
matrices, and import and create graphics, all with pleasing on-screen
mathematics and italics created with TrueType outline fonts.
Scientific WorkPlace has
the tools that simplify writing and editing books and other large documents.
It is perfect for writers in academic, industrial, and government
institutions and in all scientific and technical fields: mathematics,
physics, engineering, economics, chemistry, computer science, statistics,
medical research, and logic. With the external lookup feature, you can
access or run external programs, such as a search engine or other
application, directly from your Scientific WorkPlace
document.
The software comes with an extensive online help system
and a series of reference manuals. If you need additional help, we provide
reliable, prompt, free technical support.
International, Interoperable, Indispensable
Scientific WorkPlace
simplifies working with colleagues in other locations. You can import text
(.txt) and Rich Text Format (.rtf) files, and you can copy content to the
clipboard for export as text or graphics to other applications. You can
create .dvi, .htm, .pdf, or .rtf files from your documents, or generate
portable LaTeX output for seamless transfer to different LaTeX
installations. The Document Manager simplifies file transfer by email or on
diskette.
Spelling, font, and hyphenation support for languages
other than English is available. You can switch languages in the same
document using Babel, the multilingual LaTeX system. The software supports
input using any left-to-right language supported by a version of Windows,
including Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. It uses the in-place IME (Input
Method Editor) for these languages. (The ability to typeset a language may
depend on the availability of TeX for that language. Non-Latin character
sets are typeset with Lambda, which is included.)
Scientific WorkPlace has a
built-in link to the World Wide Web. If you have Internet access, you can
open the file at any URL address from inside the program. Also, you can
deliver content via the Web. The software supports hypertext links, so you
can facilitate navigation for your readers through a series of related
documents. Readers can view and print documents using
Scientific Viewer.
Typesetting Features
In Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word, you
can typeset your documents using LaTeX, the undisputed industry standard for
typesetting mathematical text. LaTeX provides automatic document formatting,
including margins, hyphenation, kerning, ligatures, and many other elements
of fine typesetting. LaTeX also automatically generates document elements
including the title pages, table of contents, footnotes, margin notes,
headers, footers, indexes, and bibliographies.
Because Scientific WorkPlace
and Scientific Word communicate with LaTeX for
you, you can concentrate on what you do best—creating the content of your
document—without worrying about LaTeX syntax. You don't need to understand
LaTeX to produce beautifully typeset material, but if you do know TeX or
LaTeX commands, you can use them in your Scientific
WorkPlace or Scientific Word documents
to make the typesetting even more precise.
Take advantage of these typesetting features of
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word:
Formatting variety with predefined document shells.
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word come with over 150 predefined
document shells, each with a different typeset appearance and many designed
to meet the formatting requirements of specific journals and academic
institutions. You can choose the shell that's most appropriate for your
journal or publisher. If you don't know yet where your work will be
published, we recommend that you start with one of the standard LaTeX
shells, which can be easily adapted after your paper has been written.
Typesetting control. Each document shell has a
LaTeX document class and may also have LaTeX packages. Both the class and
the packages have options and settings that create a more finely typeset
appearance for your document. The available options and packages depend on
the shell, but typically govern the ability to modify the formatting for
typesetting details such as different paper sizes, portrait or landscape
orientation, double-sided printing, double-column output, different font
sizes, and draft or final output. You can change the options and packages
with the Options and Packages item on the Typeset menu.
Additional LaTeX packages. The supplied LaTeX
packages provide even more control. By adding packages to your document, you
can achieve a variety of typesetting effects. For example, you can add
packages that switch between single and multiple columns of text on a single
page; create endnotes from footnotes; or govern the appearance of footnotes,
including their numbering or symbol scheme.
Easy generation of front and back matter. You can
create a table of contents easily by inserting a command into the Front
Matter section of your document. When you typeset your document, LaTeX
automatically generates the table of contents from the section headings you
have created. Similarly, you can create an index by inserting index entries
throughout your document, and letting LaTeX generate the index pages. An
index can have primary, secondary, and tertiary references, and can also
point the reader to other entries in the index.
Automatic numbering of theorems, lemmas, and other
theorem environments. You can number theorems, lemmas, propositions, and
conjectures in a variety of styles. You control whether they are each
numbered in the same or separate sequences, so that your theorem
environments might be numbered as Theorem 1, Lemma 2, Theorem 3, Conjecture
4, Lemma 5..., or as Theorem 1, Lemma1, Theorem 2, Conjecture 1, Lemma 2....
As an option, you can reset the numbering at the beginning of each chapter
or section, and you can include the chapter and section numbers in the
number.
Automatic cross-referencing. You can create
automatically generated cross-references to equations, tables, figures,
pages, and other numbered objects elsewhere in your document. You don't have
to know the object or page number in advance. When you typeset, LaTeX
inserts the number of the referenced object in the text.
Automatic bibliography generation.
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word include BibTeX for automatic
bibliographies. You select references from a BibTeX database of references,
and BibTeX formats them according to the bibliography style you select.
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word also include tools for the
maintenance of the BibTeX database. LaTeX packages such as EndNotes can save
references in BibTeX format.
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Examples
You can use the underlying MuPAD
engine to solve the following kinds of problems in
Scientific
WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook.
Roll
the mouse over the mathematics to see the solution to each problem.
Arithmetic
Evaluate
Factor
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate Numerically
Simplify
Factor
Algebra
Expand
Factor
Solve
, Solution is:
Calculus
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate the Determinant of
, determinant:
Statistics
Determine the Mean of
, Mean(s):
Determine the Standard Deviation of
, Standard
deviation(s):
Plots and Animated Plots
You can create plots like these with
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Notebook:
2D Plots
• 2D Rectangular Plots
Plot 2D + Rectangular:
• Piecewise-Defined Functions
Plot 2D + Rectangular
• Bar Charts
Enter, select, and drag to a 2D Rectangular plot each of
the following:
• Grids
You can create a grid using point plots. Enter, select
with the mouse, and drag each of the following to the frame:
Animated 2D Plots
• Animated 2D Rectangular Plot
Plot 2D Animated + Rectangular:
Enter, select, and drag to the frame each of the
following:
 ,
3D Plots
• 3D Rectangular Plots
Plot 3D + Rectangular:
• 3D Implicit Plots
Plot 3D + Implicit:
Animated 3D Plots
• Animated 3D Rectangular Plot
Plot 3D Animated + Rectangular
Computer Algebra Systems
A computer algebra system, or CAS, is a mathematics
engine that performs the symbolic computations fundamental to algebra,
trigonometry, and calculus. Recent versions of
Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook
(after Version 4.1 Build 2347) include the kernel to the computer
algebra system
MuPAD®. Earlier versions included a Maple
5.1 kernel
With MuPAD, you can
evaluate, factor, combine, expand, and simplify terms and expressions that
contain integers, fractions, and real and complex numbers, as required in
simple arithmetic and algebra.
You can also evaluate integrals and derivatives, perform matrix and vector
operations, find standard deviations, and perform many other more complex
computations involved in calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and
statistics. Additionally, you can create
2D and 3D plots of polynomials, trigonometric
functions, and exponentials, and you can create animated
2D and 3D plots and explore them with the MuPAD VCAM window.
Features and Capabilities of MuPAD
MuPAD Version. This
version of Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Notebook includes the
MuPAD 3.1 kernel. We have created an interface
to the kernel to make MuPAD easy to use with
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Notebook. In addition, the system
accepts input and creates output using natural mathematical notation, the
basis for our scientific word processors. Performing computations in
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Notebook is easy.
Computational Functions.
Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook
provide a wide range of the graphic, numeric, and symbolic
computational functions available with MuPAD.
The programs provide ample functionality for both simple and sophisticated
mathematical computations involving calculus, PDE,
ODE, matrix manipulations, statistics, linear algebra, and 2D and 3D
plots. Also, you can access additional functions available to
MuPAD—even if they don't appear as items on
the Compute menu—with the Define MuPAD Name menu item.
Animated Plots. With MuPAD,
you can create a variety of animated plots: animated
2D plots in polar coordinates, animated 2D and 3D plots in rectangular
coordinates, animated 2D and 3D implicit plots, and animated 3D tube plots
in cylindrical and spherical coordinates and vector fields. You can rotate,
move, zoom in and out, and fly through 3D plots.
User-defined Functions. With
MuPAD, you can create user-defined functions
(.mu files) with an ASCII editor, even if you don't have access to a full
MuPAD installation. The files are easy to
manipulate and are powerful tools for users interested in programming.
Working in a Scientific WorkPlace or
Scientific Notebook document, you call the
function with the Define MuPAD Name command.
Available Functions. While
Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook
provide many functions available with MuPAD,
not all capabilities are included. Programming packages, certain plot types
and options (especially animated plots), and manipulation of the position of
highlights and shadows in 3D plots aren't available.
Scientific Notebook doesn't have 3D implicit plotting with either
CAS. Additionally, some limitations exist regarding the placement of text on
plots and the use of different types of plots on the same graph. Iteration
and condition commands (such as if, elif, else, fi, for, while, do, and od)
aren't available.
To learn more about MuPAD,
visit the SciFace
website.
Preparing PDF files with Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
The PDF format is a good format for presenting
mathematical and technical content on the Internet because the Adobe Acrobat
Viewer is nearly universally available, and the format allows software to
include in the PDF document all the fonts that are necessary to render
mathematics well. Further, the format supports hyperlinking and bookmarks.
Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word support pdfTeX
In Version 5.x of Scientific
WorkPlace and Scientific
Word you can typeset your file with pdfLaTeX to produce a PDF
file. You can still typeset with LaTeX to produce a DVI file. The Typeset
menu has three additional items: Preview PDF, Print PDF,
and Compile PDF.
When you use pdfLaTeX, you can also use several LaTeX
packages that previously have not been supported by
Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word
because they require PostScript printers. These packages, including
rotating and the PSNFSS font packages, can be used when you compile with
pdfTeX. When the hyperref package is included in your document, the
PDF file produced is fully hyperlinked with links in the table of contents
and with hierarchical bookmarks that reflect the structure of your LaTeX
document.
One problem with pdfLaTeX has been that it allows only a
very few graphics file formats, so to get the benefits of producing a PDF
file, you had to forego using most graphics file formats.
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word solve this problem by
converting all the graphics embedded in your document to PDF format before
calling pdfLaTeX.
In the past it was possible to produce PDF files from
Scientific WorkPlace and
Scientific Word by printing the DVI file using
the Acrobat Distiller print driver. This method, however, does not preserve
the hyperlinks in your LaTeX document. This is still the only method of
producing PDF files with
Scientific Notebook.
System requirements
- Microsoft Windows® 98, Me, 2000, XP, and up, or NT 4.0
or
Apple Macintosh® running an emulator program such as Virtual PC™
- 64 MB of RAM
- 115 to 300 MB hard disk space, depending on the type of hard drive
and the installation options selected
- CD-ROM drive
Product box contents
- 1 CD
- 1 copy of Getting Started with Scientific
WorkPlace, Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook (104 pages)
- 1 copy of Doing Mathematics with Scientific
WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook (536 pages)
- 1 copy of Creating Documents with Scientific
WorkPlace and Scientific Word (448 pages)
- 1 copy of Typesetting Documents in Scientific
WorkPlace and Scientific Word (248 pages)
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