IRAF and More - For Mac Using Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Well, I’m at the AAS meeting in Honolulu.
The most interesting Mac-related news is that, for the first time, AAS presenters can use Macs (and Keynote) for presenting in oral sessions. They have Powerbooks with Parallels running OS X and Windows in every room, so people are free to use whatever OS and […]
Tags: aas, keynote, powerpoint — .So, this week I made a poster for the Tex-Mex 9 conference in San Antonio, which I’m off to tomorrow. My tool of choice, Apple’s new Pages program, part of iWork which also includes Keynote.
In the past, I had tried to use Powerpoint. The problem with Powerpoint for posters is twofold. One, […]
Tags: apple, keynote, pages, PDF, posters, powerpoint — .So, there was a post on Macintouch about Mac marginalization at physics conferences. The writer said everything had to be made for Powerpoint on a PC and he couldn’t use his Mac or Keynote. I figured surely astronomer’s are more enlightened - I mean Macs are everywhere at AAS. iBooks, Powerbooks. […]
Tags: aas, keynote, powerpoint — .Ok, a little late but as promised here is a poster template for Apple’s Pages. This is by far the best program for making scientific posters that I’ve seen. Support for vector graphics, floating and in-line images, easy columns. Very nice. Certainly no need to use Powerpoint (or even Keynote for […]
Tags: apple, keynote, pages, PDF, posters — .