[Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents
Alysha
anjeans at att.net
Thu Oct 6 21:33:18 UTC 2011
I've found that if you have even a minor syntax error in one of your
equations, it can sometimes cause big problems with MathType and Word when
you toggle the LaTeX mode. Maybe there's a good way of debugging LaTeX when
entered into MathType, but I haven't found it yet.
Thanks,
Alysha
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike chen" <m11chen at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics"
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents
> Hi again,
>
> I have been composing lots of equations using LaTeX code in Word 2003.
> But when I tried to toggle all the equation to be displayed all together
> at once by first pressing Ctrl+A and then Alt+\, the software crashes and
> word stops responding. I almost certainly doubt this is a resource issue,
> as I am running a i7 processor with 8 GB of ram. Is there something that
> is causing the crash>? By they way, if I only toggle a single equation at
> a time, there seems to be no problem. But as the amount of time goes on
> with multiple compilations, the software becomes unstable and eventually
> stops responding.
>
> I am using RTF format, but I have also tried with doc and DOCX, and also
> tried reinstalling both MathType and Word 2003 and 2007, but nothing seems
> to help. I hope there is some way around this.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Soiffer
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] MathType, word and reading existing documents
>
>
> The TeX translators in MathType don't translate attributes such as bold,
> italic, or color. That's true for both importing TeX into MathType and
> exporting TeX from MathType, as well as for Toggle TeX. If you'd like to
> see this added to MathType's abilities, please fill out a Future MathType
> survey at http://www.dessci.com/en/products/MathType/future.asp.
>
> If others in on the list have other feature requests, please use that
> survey. The survey results are looked by the team that works on MathType
> (which I'm not a member of). I know from discussions that I've seen,
> people's requests are looked at quite seriously.
>
> Neil
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM, mike chen <m11chen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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