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EQUATION EDITOR

A mathematical typesetting program

for Macintosh & PC computers.

Equation Editor is bundled with Microsoft Word and is therefore protected by licensing

agreements and copyright statutes. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.

© 2002, R.S. Schaeffer, Kutztown University

EQUATION EDITOR

Overview

When you first open Equation Editor, you will see a window like this:

The two rows of boxes, called “palettes,” under the title bar are actually pull-down

menus. Here you will find the symbols (top row) and templates (bottom row) that you

will use to build the mathematical expressions that you want. (In addition, there are

regular pull-down menus (ones with word titles) across the very top of the screen.

However, you will probably not have to use many of these for the kinds of things you

will be doing.)

A “template” is a pre-formatted collection of symbols and empty slots. For example, one

of the templates you can choose is the base and exponent template—the exponent slot is

all superscripted and reduced in size. You build expressions by first inserting templates

and then filling in their slots. When you first insert a template, the insertion point moves

to the slot you are most likely to fill in first. To get to the next slot in the template, press

the Tab key.

To insert a template, pull down one of the template palettes, drag the pointer over the

template you want, and when it is highlighted, release the mouse button. For example, to

insert a regular fraction, pull down the Fraction and Radical palette and release the mouse

button when the fraction template is highlighted (as shown below).

In the window you should then see the

following:

Note the blinking insertion bar in the

numerator. After typing in the numerator,

press the Tab key and the blinking

insertion point moves to the denominator.

After typing in the denominator, press the

Tab key again and the insertion point

moves to the right of the entire fraction.

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