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Biggs Pete · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2000
This chapter highlights some of the techniques for presenting results in a logical and understandable manner using computers. It considers the modern word processor, which will always include a form of rudimentary drawing package and spreadsheet capabilities which can be used for formatting equations. It also mentions Microsoft Word and Word Perfect as the most commonly used word processing packages world-wide. However, these packages are rivalled in the scientific community by the TeX document processing package, which is favoured by mathematicians and theoretical chemists. The chapter outlines some guidelines in scientific writing, such as making sure that the style is not too quirky and being wary of grammatical errors. It explains that the way equations are presented depends on whether they are chemical or mathematical.