Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Equations in Word 2007

I have discovered a few problems with the In-Built 'Equation' editor:

  1. You can't write a short or long division algorithm (is that the right word?) e.g.
  2. To 'align at =' is a pain and does not always work as expected
  3. If you write text and equations in the same line, it formats using Latex (looks horrible), try typing Evaluate and it turns out like:
  4. Since it it NOT Times New Roman, the font in every equation looks considerably different from the text around it. 

My Solutions (how not to use it): Use MathType (unless you do option 2, which is way cheaper and almost as good!) Record a macro to put a button in the quick-access toolbar, to use "Microsoft Equation 3.0" with one click

  1. Go to 'View' Tab
  2. Macros (far right) > Record Macro
  3. Click 'button' <select the new macro in the left hand column and add it to the right hand column, you can also customize to change the name and icon> Click OK
  4. Go to 'Insert' Tab > Object > "Microsoft Equation 3.0" > OK
  5. Click back on your word document (do not close the equation editor window) View tab > Macros > Stop Recording. Now close the equation editor window and you should have a nice little icon on the quick access toolbar.

 All that being said, it is nice to have "Microsoft Math" Add-in, and also the Microsoft Worksheet Generator. UPDATE: I've experienced some problems printing these new equations in Word 2007 - they don't print!! This link helps with the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960985/en-us

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