Equation Editor Tips

Equation EditorEquation Editor is a watered down version of the full MathType program (www.mathtype.com) developed by Design Science Used in Access, Excel, Outlook (using MS Word as email editor), PowerPoint and Word

Review of Equation EditorThere are 19 palettes in equation editorThe top row contain symbols The bottom row contains templates

Commonly used Keyboard Shortcuts

CommandShortcutZooming to 400%Ctrl+4Inserting Greek lettersCtrl+G, followed by a letter keyFractionCtrl+FSuperscriptCtrl+H ("high")SubscriptCtrl+L ("low")Square rootCtrl+R ("root" or "radical")IntegralCtrl+IThin space (e.g. before "dx" in an integral)Ctrl+spaceAdding plain textCtrl+Shift+EGoing back to math after adding textCtrl+Shift+=Add overbar to characterCtrl+_

Tip 1:Help MenuIn Equation Editor go to the Help menu and select Equation Editor Help

Tip 2:Creating a Toolbar button in MS Word that Inserts and EquationTo add the icon, choose the Customize command on the Tools menu to display the Customize dialog. Click on the Commands tab to display the list of commands. You will see a list of Categories on the left and a list of Commands on the right. On the left, click on "Insert." On the right, scroll down and near the bottom of the list will be this button . Click on this button and drag it to the toolbar, placing it wherever you want it. Click "Close" on the "Customize" dialog.

Tip 3:Putting a Box Around an EquationCreate a 1-by-1 matrix. In the matrix dialog box, click in the preview pane outside the matrix on all four sides. This will insert solid lines around the matrix. If you want the lines to be dashed, click twice. If you want them dotted, click three times. Click once more to remove a line.

Tip 4:Placing an Arc over More thanOne CharacterInsert the "small-over-large" template (it's on the 3rd template palette from the left). Type the material to go under the arc into the lower slot. In this case, "ABC". Click into the smaller slot to place the insertion point there. Use the Other command on the Style menu to select the MT Extra font. Type a ")". This will insert the arc. Select the arc. Use the Other command on the Size menu to increase the size of the arc until it covers the characters. You may not be able to cover them completely before the arc starts to look ugly but do the best you can. If the characters under the arc are 12 points, you may need to make the arc around 40 points in size.

Tip 5:Word is Partially ItalicizedWhen you type a word like variation or single, it will show up in the equation editor as variation or sin gle because var or sin is a recognized function name.Press Ctrl+Shift+E (or go to Style and select Text) to place equation editor into text modeTo change back into math model press Ctrl+Plus (or go to Style and select Math)

Tip 6:Enter Text in EquationUsing Text Style Mode will allow you to use the space bar to add space between wordsPlace insertion point and go to Style, select Text, type using space barTo return to Math style, choose Math from Style menu

Tip 7:Template ReplacementSelect the template and its contentsHold the Alt key down while choosing the replacement template in the palette menus.

Tip 8:Template WrappingJust select the part of the equation to be wrapped (ex. a parenthesis template), then insert the wrapping template in the normal way. An inserted template will wrap itself around anything that is selected.

Tip 9:Change Display SizeTo Change Display Size of an Equation in MS WordGo to Edit or right click, Equation Object, OpenUnder View select Zoom between 25% - 400%

Tip 10:Kerning HeadlinesInsert an equation where you want the headline to be. Set the font and size you want the headline to be using Equation Editor's Other Style and Other Size commands. Type the headline. Find the first pair of characters from the left whose spacing you want to adjust. Select the text from the rightmost character of the pair to the right end of the text. While holding the Ctrl key down, use the right and left arrow keys to adjust the spacing to your liking. BeforeAfter

Tip 11:Change Color of Equation in PowerPointCreate the equation the usual way using Insert Object. Select the equation by clicking on it. Right-click the equation object to bring up a menu of commands. Click on "Format Object", the last item on the menu. This will bring up a dialog. Click the tab titled "Picture". Under the Picture tab, click "Recolor". When the "Recolor Picture" dialog appears, you can change the color. There should be black and white rectangles in the "Original" section; you dont need to change the white background, just the black text color. Click the dropdown box next to the black color in the "New" column, you can select any color shown there. You can preview your selection to see if the color is what you had in mind. If it looks fine, click OK on both dialogs.

Tip 12:Animated Equations in PowerPointInsert your equation into PowerPoint.Right-click on the equation, and from the menu select Grouping, then Ungroup.A dialog will appear with a warning about the action youre about to do. Click Yes. Your equation will then appear as individual characters and templates, which you can animate using SlideShow/ CustomAnimation.

Tip 13:Printing Equations Black and Whitewithout Changing the ColorWith your equation colored to white, select Grayscale, right click on equation and select Grayscale Setting, select Black with White Fill

Tip 14: Automatically Number Equations in MS WordInserting a sequenced equation numberPlace the insertion point where the equation number should go, use the Insert Field command to insert a SEQ (sequence) field. In the Field dialog, choose SEQ from the Field Names list. SEQ will also appear in the field command area at the bottom of the dialog. In the field command area, add " EqnNum" after SEQ so it reads "SEQ EqnNum". EqnNum is an arbitrary variable name that Word will increment each time you insert a new equation number using this same variable name. Close the dialog. The new field will show up in your document as "1". The next one you insert will show up as "2".

Tip 14: (cont.)Renumbering the EquationsRenumbering the equations after changes to the documentGo to Tools, Options, Print tab and select Update FieldsPrint Preview (numbers automatically update)(note: instead of the above you can also do Edit, Select All, press F9)

Tip 15:Equation AutotextInsert equation/symbolHighlight and go to Insert, AutotextAssign name to equation/symbolAs you type the name in the document, a dialog box will come up with the name of the equation/symbol, just press enter to insert

Tip 16:Equation Not DisplayingMT Extra font not installedNot using TrueType fontsPrinter doesnt support TrueType fontsWhen you see {EMBED Equation.3} instead of the equation, that is because MS Word is displaying field codes.Go to Tools menuClick OptionsClick the View tab, and then clear the Field codes check box.

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Here are some of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts in Equation Editor. Of course, there are many more and which ones you use the most will depend on what kind of math you write. Check the Equation Editor help file for more shortcuts.Most questions can be answered in the online help file. You most likely will find something useful just by browsing through it when you have a moment. Most users insert Equation Editor equations by choosing the Object command on the Insert menu. You then see a list of objects you can insert into your document, and double-clicking on "Microsoft Equation 3.0" launches Equation Editor. There is an easier way! You can add an button to Words toolbar which inserts a new equation into your document and opens it into a new Equation Editor window with a single click!Tools, Customize, Commands tab, Insert (on right), scroll down button on leftOften its helpful to include an equation enclosed inside a box, either for emphasis or to set it apart from the surrounding data. This is a great way to highlight the answer to an example problem.Create matrix after equal then put in square root to demonstrateOne limitation of Equation Editor that many people run into is that its arc embellishment (or accent) will only cover a single character.Style, Other, MT Extra font, type ), go to Size, Other, input 80 ptThe summation is supposed to have limits. To fix this we'll use template replacement. In this case, we choose the summation with upper and lower limits. All that is left is to type in the limits and we are done Put a section of an equation in brackets or parens.Feature only available in MS WordIf you open it by double-clicking or selecting edit through Equation object, it will open up normal size and does not give the option to zoom.You can use Equation Editor's nudging command for a quick and easy way to kern headlines or headings in a document. Kerning is the professional's term for adjusting the spacing between characters to improve their appearance. Highlight as Here! and you the arrow key to nudge it to the left. High the W and nudge it down.Although most equations you create will be black text on a white background, very often slide presentations are created with colored text on a dark or black background. Although Equation Editor cannot create colored equations, PowerPoint gives you the ability to change the black and white of your equations to whatever color scheme you want.Ungroup twice select the and group, select the rest and groupGo to Slide Show, Custom Animation, click on the and select Add EffectClick on the rest and Add EffectClick on Slide Show button to previewSelect Grayscale from button to show that the equation doesnt show for printingRight Click on equation, select Grayscale Setting, select Black with White FillOne obvious way to number equations is by simply typing numbers next to your equations and updating them manually whenever an equation is inserted or deleted. If you have only a few equations in your document, this isn't too much trouble. But, if you have long documents with many equations, this can really be tedious and time-consuming. This tip automates the renumbering process.

Tools, options, Print tab, update fieldsNow, let's pretend you have done this several times in your document. So now you have sequentially numbered equations. Now let's say you decide to insert another numbered equation in the middle of your document. Now the equation numbers will be out-of-sequence. For equations/or symbols you use over and over again in a document, you might want to add it to Autotext to cut down the time of having to recreate it.Highlight, Insert, Autotext, assign nameTrueType font: Scaleable font that doesnt require a printer driver, when you click on fonts youll see a TT next to each one that is TrueType.

WordTools, Options, View tab, deselect clear the Field codes