MathType Mathematical Equation Editor USER MANUAL Published By Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803 U.S.A. Phone: (562) 433-0685 Fax: (562) 433-6969 E-mail: [email protected] Technical Support: [email protected] Web: www.dessci.com Copyright © 1987-2001 by Design Science, Inc. All rights reserved. MathType, MathPage, MathZoom, MathPlayer and “The best thing for writing equations since chalk!” are trademarks of Design Science, Inc. Macintosh and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. Times and Helvetica are registered trademarks of Allied Corporation. Adobe, Adobe Type Manager, FrameMaker, InDesign, PageMaker and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. TEX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IBM and techexplorer are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. HP, LaserJet, DeskJet, and PCL are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Corporation. 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First Printing: August 2001 Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction...............................................................................1 About MathType............................................................................................1 Using this Manual .........................................................................................3 Additional MathType Documentation............................................................4 Getting Help..................................................................................................4 Registering Your Copy of MathType .............................................................5 Chapter 2 Getting Started..........................................................................7 Overview.......................................................................................................7 System Requirements ..................................................................................7 Installing MathType.......................................................................................7 What To Do Next...........................................................................................8 Notes for Users of Earlier Versions of MathType..........................................8 Notes for Microsoft Equation Editor Users....................................................9 Equation Conversion Manager .....................................................................9 Chapter 3 Basic Concepts .......................................................................11 Introduction.................................................................................................11 The MathType Window...............................................................................12 Keyboard Notation in this Manual...............................................................14 Entering Text from the Keyboard ................................................................14 Inserting Symbols .......................................................................................15 Inserting Templates.....................................................................................16 Placing the Insertion Point..........................................................................16 Moving the Insertion Point ..........................................................................17 Selecting Items in an Equation ...................................................................18 The ENTER Key ..........................................................................................18 Keyboard Shortcuts ....................................................................................19 Chapter 4 Tutorials ...................................................................................21 Before You Start..........................................................................................21 Tutorial 1: Fractions and Square Roots ......................................................22 Tutorial 2: Sums, Subscripts & Superscripts...............................................26 Tutorial 3: Editing Old Equations ................................................................29 Tutorial 4: Including Text in an Equation.....................................................31 Tutorial 5: Using MathType’s Toolbar..........................................................32 Tutorial 6: Spacing and Alignment ..............................................................36 i MathType User Manual Tutorial 7: A Simple Matrix ..........................................................................38 Tutorial 8: Fonts and Styles ........................................................................41 Tutorial 9: Equation Numbering in Microsoft Word .....................................45 Tutorial 10: Advanced Equation Numbering in Microsoft Word ..................49 Tutorial 11: Setting Up a Microsoft Word Document...................................51 Tutorial 12: Formatting with Tabs................................................................53 Tutorial 13: Inserting Unusual Symbols ......................................................55 Tutorial 14: Creating Web Pages with Microsoft Word ...............................58 Tutorial 15: Creating Web Pages with GIF Files.........................................60 Tutorial 16: Customizing the Keyboard.......................................................62 Tutorial 17: Working with TEX, LATEX & MathML......................................63 Tutorial 18: Exporting Equations in Microsoft Word....................................66 What To Do Next.........................................................................................68 Chapter 5 Working with Other Applications ..........................................69 Introduction.................................................................................................69 MathType and the MathType Server...........................................................69 Inserting Equations into a Document..........................................................70 Moving and Resizing Equations in Documents ..........................................72 Inline Equations ..........................................................................................72 Equation Numbering...................................................................................73 Working with Equation Files .......................................................................73 Working with Microsoft Word ......................................................................75 Working with Adobe Acrobat.......................................................................80 Using TEX, MathML and other Translators ................................................81 Working with Paint and Draw Applications..................................................82 Working with Presentation Applications......................................................83 Working with Desktop Publishing Applications ...........................................84 Working with non-Windows Computers......................................................84 Chapter 6 Creating Web Pages Containing Equations.........................87 Introduction.................................................................................................87 MathPage ...................................................................................................87 The Export To MathPage Dialog.................................................................88 Tips for Better Web Pages..........................................................................90 Master Documents......................................................................................91 Copying Web Pages to a Web Server ........................................................92 Editing a MathPage-Generated Web Page ................................................92 Creating Web Pages with Other Authoring Programs ................................93 Creating Web Pages Using Adobe Acrobat ................................................93 ii Table of Contents Chapter 7 Fonts, Styles, Sizes and Spacing..........................................95 Introduction.................................................................................................95 Styles..........................................................................................................95 Automatic Style Assignment .......................................................................97 Explicit Style Assignments ..........................................................................98 Typesizes....................................................................................................99 Automatic Size Assignments ....................................................................100 Explicit Size Assignments .........................................................................100 Spacing.....................................................................................................100 Equation Preferences ...............................................................................101 Using Preference