[OS X TeX] Problem with excel2latex and OT question

[Fredrik Wallenberg]

It is not OS related. I'm running 10.3.6 as well but I only have
Office X installed. With that setup it works just as before (had to go
in and check since I haven't used it in ages).

Fredrik


On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:06:39 -0500, Lisa Schweitzer <lschwei at vt.edu> wrote:
> I've had a nasty surprise--I've come to depend on the little macro
> excel2latex like my right hand (this micro rocks), and for some
> reason, I can't it to work on my new system.  I am running OS 10.3.6
> (on a Dual 1.8 GHz PPC G5) using MS Excel from the 2004 bundle. When
> I attempt to export, I get:
> 
> Run-time error `1004':
> 
> Method 'GetSaveAsFilename' of object '_Application' failed
> 
> Maybe that is self-evident, but it's not to me (newbie).
> 
> Any ideas?  All appreciated.
> 
> On the (only somewhat) OT issue:
> 
> I am sorry to bother all of you, but this is such a knowledgeable Mac
> forum that I can't really resist. I have a progressive neuromuscular
> disease in which I have bad stretches and good. The bad stretches are
> times when I can't really use a keyboard comfortably due to pain and
> numbness.  I have this theory that I should be able to set up a voice
> recognition system that would allow me to go speech into LaTex via
> several steps.  However, I've been lucky enough to be in remission
> for the past 4 years, and my last attempt at voice recognition was a
> complete bust (Viavoice...I never got it to work with OSX).  Do any
> of you dictate work and then cut and paste in to a compiler, like
> TexShop?  How do you do it? Even if you don't do it, what do you
> think might be the best way?  If I'm lucky, I have a few months to
> get started on this before things get bad, but sooner is better.
> 
> Many thanks for any ideas,
> 
> Lisa
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