MATH 498 Getting Started on Scientic Workplace You can access Scientic Workplace (SWP) from any of the

computer labs in the Science Building as well as the computer lab in the Lovejoy Library. We have a limited number of oating licenses so it is imperative that you log out after you are nished using SWP. Failure to log out prevents other people from accessing SWP. A shell for Scientic Workplace can be accessed from the course web site. You can use this shell as the starting point for your papers. 1. Accessing Scientic Workplace Click on Start Programs Math & Stat Scientic Workplace 5.0 Scientic Workplace 5.0 2. Creating a New Document To create a new document, click on File New. A dialog box will come up. The default option Standard LaTex Article is what we will use for this course. Click OK to close the box. 3. Toolbar To make typing mathematical expressions easier, commonly used symbols should be easily accessible. To do this, click on View Toolbars. A dialog box will come up. The default options are Standard, Stop, and Tag. Click on Math Templates, Symbol Cache, Math Objects, and Symbol Panels. Click Close to close the box. You should now have six rows for your toolbar on top. Click on the dierent buttons on your toolbar to familiarize yourself with each of them. Now look at the three white boxes on the very bottom left of the screen. You use the leftmost for lists, theorems, proofs, lemmas, examples, etc. The middle one is used to subdivide your paper into sections, subsections, etc. The last one is used to control text properties, that is, if you want the text to be in boldface, italics, or a bigger font. 4. Front Matter When you write a paper, you should provide a title, your name, and if needed, an abstract. These information can be generated through the front matter. Click on Typeset Front Matter. A blank dialog box comes up.

(i) Click on the white box in the very bottom left of the screen. Choose Title, type your title, and hit enter. (ii) Click on the white box again, choose Author, type your name, and hit enter. (iii) Click on the white box, choose Make Title, and hit enter. (iv) If you need to include an abstract, click on the white box, choose Abstract, then type your abstract. Click OK to close the dialog box. 5. Simple Word Processing Typing text in SWP is just like typing in Word. However, SWP creates a new paragraph every time you hit the Return/Enter key. 6. Typing Mathematical Expressions The real power of Scientic Workplace becomes evident when you need to type mathematical expressions. There are two typing modes in SWP: text and math. The math mode should be activated for mathematical expressions as well as variables within the text. For example, note the dierence between the two statements given below. (a) Let x denote Matthews age. (b) Let x denote Matthews age. Statement (b) uses the correct mode, math mode, for the variable x. A. Text vs Math Mode The Text/Math button is the third to the last button on the rst row of the toolbar. If this button shows a black T, then you are in text mode. On the other hand, if this button shows a red M, then you are in math mode. You can change modes by clicking on this button or typing CTRL-M. Note that when you are in math mode, SWP has complete control of the horizontal spacing. B. In-line vs Displayed Equations Mathematical expressions can be either in-line or displayed. An example of an in-line expression is as follows: We want to solve the quadratic equation x2 2x + 1 = 0. 2

On the other hand, a displayed equation is one that is centered on a line by itself, e.g., We want to solve the quadratic equation x2 2x + 1 = 0.

To create a displayed expression, click on the leftmost button in the bottom row of the toolbar or type CTRL-D. A green box will appear. Type the expression inside this box. If you have a series of equations and you want to align the equal signs, just hit Return/Enter and the cursor will automatically go to the next line. When you are nished and you want to get out of the display mode, use the right arrow key or the mouse to move the cursor to the right of the displayed equation box. If you want to start a new paragraph, hit the Return/Enter key; but if you intend to continue the current paragraph, just continue typing without rst hitting the Return/Enter key. C. Numbering Equations One advantage of using SWP is that you do not need to keep track of equation numbers. SWP automatically does the numbering for you. In order to tell SWP to number equations, place the cursor inside the equation and hit the tab key. The number symbol (#) will come up at the right hand side. Right click on this symbol and a dialog box comes up. Click on Properties. The Display Properties box will come up. Where it says Key for this line, type in a keyword to help identify this equation. This keyword is needed if you want to refer to that equation later in the text. SWP will number the equations in the order that they appear. D. Cross Referencing a Numbered Equation To refer to a numbered equation, click on Insert Typeset Object Cross Reference. The Cross Reference box will come up. Type the keyword for the equation that you want to refer to. 7. Graphs You can cut and paste graphs from other applications such as Mathematica or Excel into SWP. To copy a graph into SWP, click on Edit Paste Special. A dialog box will come up. Choose the picture format. To put a label and caption on the graph, click on the lower right corner of the graphic box. A dialog box will come up. Click 3

on Labeling. In the box that says Key, type a keyword for the graph. You need this keyword if you want to refer to the gure somewhere in the text. Type your caption inside the box Caption Text. Just like equations, SWP assigns numbers to the graphs in the order that they appear. You cross reference a gure in the same way that you cross reference a numbered equation. 8. Typesetting and Printing To typeset your article, click on Typeset Preview. This is how your printed article will look like. You should print your paper only after you have typeset it. If you want to save your paper as a pdf le, click on Typeset Preview PDF. This will result in a pdf le. 9. The Help button can be a valuable tool for you. Use it as often as you need it. 10. Saving Files in pdf You can save a copy of your paper in pdf by clicking on Typeset Preview PDF.