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10.2.5 Exporting Data in LateX Tabular Format

   

Many universities and engineering sites use a typesetting program called LaTeX. NExS can export a spreadsheet in the form of a LaTeX table to be conveniently brought into LaTeX documents and formatted by the LaTeX program. The default file type is .tex. NExS supports older versions of LaTeX (e.g., LaTeX 2.09) as well as the newer LaTeX 2e. LaTeX 2e provides more detailed control of fonts and font style than do the older versions.

To export an NExS spreadsheet in LaTeX tabular format:

  1. Select Export from the File menu. NExS displays the Export Data dialog box as shown in Figure 10.3.

  2. Select LaTeX 2.09 Tabular or LaTeX 2e Tabular as the File Format.

  3. In the Selection entry box, enter a name for the output file.

  4. Click OK or press [Return]. NExS creates the output file in the selected LaTeX tabular format.


NExS appends a non-printing row of ``struts'' (constructed with the LaTeX \rule command) to the LaTeX table that it generates which will stretch the width of the columns so that they approximate the appearance of the NExS data area. This row may be deleted to permit LaTeX to format the column widths as it normally would.


Certain characters must be escaped with a backslash (\) to print properly in LaTeX. To allow the user maximum flexibility in formatting, NExS does not attempt to insert its own backslash escapes, except when exporting numeric cells which are formatted as currency ($), or percent (%).


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999