[BlindMath] Entering Math in word

[Aqil Sajjad]

Is there a keystroke we need to press at the end of an equation to end the
math mode? It seems strange that we first press alt + to get into math mode
where we can enter an equation, but when I press alt= at the end of an
equation, it doesn't seem to do anything.


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lucas Nadolskis
via BlindMath
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2023 6:57 AM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Lucas Nadolskis <nadol012 at umn.edu>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Entering Math in word

I did find out that using spaces is a good get around somethings.
I was having a lot of issues with fractions, specially when typing something
like:
Lambda ^ k * e ^ - lambda / k!
That involves both greek symbols, math operators and fractions, so it was
quite challenging at the beginning.
The times operator is something that I am still trying to find the best
form, I have been using the * symbol, but it is not necessarily what I want.

However, this LaTeX equation editor is incredible for note taking and
assignments.



> On Feb 4, 2023, at 12:31 AM, Neil Soiffer via BlindMath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The built in math editor in Word is not a full TeX input system. In 
> many ways, it is closer to ASCIIMath in that parens are used for 
> grouping and disappear when you switch from "linear" mode to 
> "professional" mode. That usually happens when you hit space. A couple of
examples:
> to get the square root of the quantity x+y, type \sqrt(x+y) <space> to 
> get a 2d fraction with x+y in the numerator and 2 in the denominator, 
> type (x+y)/2 <space>
> 
> One big caveat: I'm not a frequent user of the builtin math editor. 
> There are likely many ways to achieve the same thing. Using parens and 
> space is what I've gotten used to as that seemed to work somewhat 
> consistently for me.
> 
> Neil Soiffer
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 7:21 AM Aqil Sajjad via BlindMath < 
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> So apparently office 365 has a feature that allows entering math in 
>> LaTex in word without requiring any additional plug in. I was playing 
>> with that to see if it generates accessible equations. It kind of 
>> works in that the Greek letters are coming through. But then it's 
>> also doing some weird things. For example when I enter a square root 
>> with \sqrt{}, it reads the square root sign and the closing of the 
>> square root sign, but also has curly brackets, which should have just 
>> been part of specifying the opening and closing of the square root. 
>> Has anyone played with entering LaTex in word? What's the simplest 
>> way to enter equations in word or MathML by inserting LaTex commands?
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> BlindMath mailing list
>> BlindMath at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> BlindMath:
>> 
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/soiffer%40alum
>> .mit.edu
>> BlindMath Gems can be found at <
>> http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home>
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> BlindMath mailing list
> BlindMath at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
BlindMath:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/nadol012%40umn.
> edu BlindMath Gems can be found at 
> <http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home>


_______________________________________________
BlindMath mailing list
BlindMath at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
BlindMath:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/aqilsajjad%40gmail.co
m
BlindMath Gems can be found at
<http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home>