[Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents

[mike chen]

Hi all,

I have been trying to insert a bold and italicized letter in the displayed equation using LaTeX with the MathType plug-in and Word 2003.  I looked up online, and most suggest using the nested command \mathbf\mathit{mySymbol}}, but I have only been able to insert the symbol either bold or italicized, but not both.  Is there some way of achieving this in Word 2003 with MathType?

Thanks.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Neil Soiffer 
  To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 10:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents


  The keyboard command for "Tex Toggle" alt-\

  This will switch regular MathType 2d notation to TeX and switch TeX to
  regular 2D notation (ie, the answer is "yes").  If someone types math in
  using the Word math editor (which is not accessible), you can use "Convert
  Equations" in the MathType ribbon to convert them to MathType and then use
  TeX toggle.

  Neil Soiffer
  Senior Scientist
  Design Science, Inc.
  www.dessci.com
  ~ Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, MathDaisy, Equation Editor ~


  On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:

  > Hello,
  > Firstly I keep forgetting what is the keystroke for changing mathtype in
  > word to LaTeX input mode?
  >
  > Also does this work for documents people have created with MathType
  > equations and then sent me (IE. can I read the equations of an existing
  > document by switching MathType to have LaTeX input mode)?
  >
  > Thanks
  >
  > Michael Whapples
  >
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