Step 1: Integrating Mathtype with the ribbon
check out this link for a nice starting spot. It talks about integrating with Powerpoint and Word, but inevitably did not work with my install. He says to integrate with Word
Copy
\MathPage\MathPage.wll
\MathPage\MathType Commands 6 For Word.dotm \Office14\STARTUP\
except my install directory didn't contain the .dotm file!
Instead download this file and save it to the STARTUP folder.
Step 2: Enabling Macros so Mathtype actually works
Now the ribbon will contain Mathtype too but it will be disabled by default. So I followed this link to enable macros.
It's a little different in 2010
File>Options>Trust Center>Trust Center Settings
I selected "Disable all macros except digitally signed macros." Then restart Word and click the Enable Macros button in the
warning box
I'm sure Mathtype will fix this in later versions...and I'm sure they'll make us pay for it too. For now, this works fine!
3 comments:
Thanks for the tip, but no matter what I did, MathType wouldn't show up in the ribbon. I can open MT by double-clicking on an existing MT equation from an existing document, but not from the ribbon. Drats!
You can remove the warning by adding the STARTUP folder to you list of "Trusted Locations" under File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Trusted Locations
Just add \STARTUP to the list and you should be warning free.
Thanks for this. Man, this issue was driving me up the wall.
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