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Microsoft Word Dictionary

We have decided to offer a version of a scientific dictionary .dic file for use with Microsoft Word and other word processors. This science dictionary contains thousands of terms amassed from years of copyediting scientific, medical, mathematical, financial, engineering and computer science texts, which most authors, editors, proofreaders and academics will find useful. This Microsoft Word dictionary .dic (which can also be used in OpenOffice, WinEdt, etc.) contains terms from a variety of fields as diverse as chemistry, physics, astrology, economics, medicine, biology, programming and pure and applied mathematics, derived from our experience in these numerous areas over the years. There is a small charge for this dictionary (£3.50/about US$5.75), which includes a donation of £1.00 (US$1.60) which will be given to a different charity each year (chosen charity for 2009 is Help for Heroes). We will update the dictionary on a (roughly) monthly basis, and the purchase price will include free updates by email for 12 months. Please click the button below to pay securely with Paypal.*

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Opening Microsoft Word 2007 documents

A patch is available to open and edit Word 2007 documents (.docx format) in older versions of Word. This will allow you to convert .doxc to .doc or even save in the .docx format using previous versions of Word. Supported versions go back as far as Office 2000, so could save you a fortune if you do not wish to upgrade yet.

Using the natbib.sty package

If Harvard references are used in a LaTeX document, we highly recommend the use of the natbib.sty package. It provides consistent and accurate citations in any style you like which will also always match the information given in the reference list (as the citations are called in through \cite, rather than having to be keyed in and checked against the reference list). If used in combination with BibTeX, it can save hours in an editing job as well as improving accuracy.

Journal abbreviations

The AMS (Mathematical Reviews) abbreviation list is available from the website below. This provides abbreviations for most of the mathematical journals for use in reference lists.

LaTeX packages

The complete archive of LaTeX packages is available from the following site.

LaTeX error messages

If you are having trouble getting your LaTeX document to compile, the following website gives some solutions to common errors (the help function in LaTeX is not usually very useful). It also contains some FAQs and other pointers.

LaTeX Previewer

The following site has an online LaTeX previewer that allows you to input (or copy and paste) code snippets and instantly see the result. Great for getting commutative diagrams right.