Mathtype

Guide 143
Version 2.2

Using MathType
MathType is a mathematical equation editor for personal computers running
Microsoft Windows or the Apple Macintosh OS. It can generate mathematical
notation for word processing, presentations, desktop publishing, web pages,
TEX, LATEX and MathML.
This guide describes how to use MathType 5 to create equations in a Word
2003 document.

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Guide 143
Using MathType
2.2
June 2006
University of Durham Information Technology Service

Copyright © 2006 University of Durham Information Technology Service
Conventions:
In this document, the following conventions are used:
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A typewriter font is used for what you see on the screen.
A bold typewriterfont is used to represent the actual characters you type at
the keyboard.
A slanted typewriter font is used for items such as filenames which you should
replace with particular instances.
A bold font is used to indicate named keys on the keyboard, for example,
Esc and Enter, represent the keys marked Esc and Enter, respectively.
A bold font is also used where a technical term orcommand name is used in
the text.
Where two keys are separated by a forward slash (as in Ctrl/B, for example),
press and hold down the first key (Ctrl), tap the second (B), and then release
the first key.

Contents
1

Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1

2

Notation.............................................................................................................. 1

3

Using MathType with Word............................................................................... 2
3.1 MathType window .......................................................................................... 3
3.2 Creating anequation...................................................................................... 5

4

Fractions and superscripts............................................................................... 6

5

Moving the insertion point ................................................................................ 7

6

Selecting parts of an equation.......................................................................... 8

7Keyboard shortcuts ........................................................................................... 8
7.1 Greek characters ........................................................................................... 8
7.2 Re-sizing items .............................................................................................. 9
7.3Help................................................................................................................ 9

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Numbered equations ......................................................................................... 9
8.1 Controlling the numbering............................................................................ 11
8.2 Advanced numbering................................................................................... 11

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Exercises .......................................................................................................... 12

10 Inserting symbols ............................................................................................ 14
10.1 Exercises .....................................................................................................15
11 Styles ................................................................................................................ 15
11.1 Variable........................................................................................................ 15
11.2 Text .............................................................................................................. 15
11.3...