Mathtype/Google Docs workflow
Hi there,
I'm in need of some advice I can't quite find a solution scouring the internet.
I work for a publishing company and we have worked with at Word/InCopy and Indesign workflow for years.
Our owners would like us to stop using MS office products and switch to google docs so I thought something like a Docsflow plugin seemed like an easy switch for editors to be able to work in google docs and myself and another designer, work in InDesign. (I've been tasked to seeing if this is possible)
The problem is...we publish many of our test-prep books with math equations (thousands of them!). We have used Mathtype and Word together for years, and I would export mathtype equations from word as .eps files and import them into InDesign using a script that would place them with the proper question. This helped avoid me placing equations one by one and maintain the link back to mathtype if I needed to edit them.
I tested taking one our our word documents with mathtype into google documents, but it converted all equations into blurry images which won't work for print.
So the math is the only item holding me up with this google docs transition. Is there another math solution that could work with google docs and be hi-res enough to publish our books? Or if we should stick with MS Word and our old workflow?
I've heard of LaTEX as well, but am unfamiliar with how this works in terms of print resolution plus it seems like a huge learning curve to get our editors/math checker on board. Mathtype has been our standard for many years, but I am curious if anyone has found a better solution/plug in for math equations that could work better with google docs. (Very odd transition but I'm doing mt due diligence to research all options)
Thanks for any insight and if there's another community/other resources out there I may post this too, please let me know!
