Showing posts with label Mathtype. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mathtype. Show all posts

Friday, June 4, 2010

Mathtype in Word 2010

I'm starting to get acquainted with Office 2010 and like it so far but just as with the upgrade from 2003 to 2007, Mathtype doesn't work again! It doesn't show up in the ribbon and doesn't have permission to run macros.

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
to
\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!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Mathtype Quick Keys

There's a bunch of quick keys in Mathtype for actually entering equations. If you find the symbol you want to enter from the menu (shortcuts don't work) and hold the mouse over it the quick commands will show up at the bottom of the window. These quick keys from a word document that actually insert an equation.

insert an inline equation: alt+ctrl+q
insert a numbered equation: alt+shift+q
insert a display equation: alt+q

Mathtype error in inUILibCls.Error

I got this error after using Mathtype integrated with Word 2007 for a long time and I couldn't figure out why. This error is because Mathtype needs a defined Section to begin numbering. If there is nothing but text above the location of the first numbered equation it seems to assume it is in Section 1 and begins numbering from 1 without a problem. This error occurs when you have quickparts above the first numbered equation. I got this error when I inserted a cover page from the insert menu. The built in cover pages are made entirely of quick parts. To fix this, just manually define a Mathtype Section or Chapter break (see picture) before the first numbered equation. For a cover page the break actually sits above the abstract...for some reason that's what Word thinks is the last line of the page.
I usually put them on the first line of text - after the headings. You can see the sections breaks in the text if that button that shows all the formatting is pushed (I don't remeber what its called, but it looks like a carriage return symbol), but they don't print.
If you have them on the same line as a heading, they will show up on the auto generated table of contents and you'll have to delete them out.