Cactus: Publishing Tools (Calculator and Computer Technology User Service‪)‬

This year, there has been a renewed interest in writing mathematics. Some teachers have explored new types of display packages. While some expensive commercial texts have reached only a mediocre standard, there has been talk of collegiate writing of electronic texts for the national curriculum. In the next few editions of CACTUS we welcome Toby Spencer to help discuss aspects of writing and publishing. Toby is responsible for our AAMT publications and is an acknowledged expert in the field of publishing mathematics. This article addresses issues relating to software choice. Many computer software packages have been developed to help us write. We prepared these pages using Quark XPress, an industry-standard program designed to assist with the page layout of print publications. Other packages such as DreamWeaver or FrontPage facilitate the writing of webpages.