Equation Editor in Microsoft Word
Equation Editor in Microsoft Word
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Hi all,
Sorry if this seems trivial but I cant for the life of me figure this out!
I wish to write an equation in Word 2007 using the equation editor. As the equation features integral signs in both the numerator and the denominator, however, the size of the integral signs is reduced quite drastically. I would like to increase the size of the integral signs to match that of the integrands.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Dave
Sorry if this seems trivial but I cant for the life of me figure this out!
I wish to write an equation in Word 2007 using the equation editor. As the equation features integral signs in both the numerator and the denominator, however, the size of the integral signs is reduced quite drastically. I would like to increase the size of the integral signs to match that of the integrands.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Dave






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Thanks a lot for the prompt reply!
Dave
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Although I don't typically use the integral symbol when I use Equation Editor, and never in a fraction, I completely agree that this is a problem. (That sounded almost like The Most Interesting Man in the World pitching Dos Equis, but I assure you it wasn't
I started using Equation Editor back in the 1990s and I vaguely recall that the early versions handled this differently. I also vaguely recall that the original Equation Editor was a non-Microsoft add-in.
One final thought: the free Mathcad Prime 2.0 Express (and by implication, the expensive Mathcad Prime 2.0) does NOT shrink integrals that are part of a fraction. If either the free of expensive version of Mathcad will suit your purposes, you may want to try it. Unfortunately, while you can copy an equation from Mathcad to Word, it comes in as single-line text and formatting is not preserved.
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Thanks for all the information. I think I'll just live with the small integral signs for now, as I have been preparing a rather large document and all the equations thus far have been prepared using the equation editor (with no problems). I'll look into forwarding something to Microsoft.
Really appreciate the responses,
Thanks for your time!
Dave
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The latter method gives integral symbols that are larger/taller, more like how you would see them in a typical textbook - see attached file.
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=8...
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Looks as though Insert > Object > Microsoft Equation 3.0 will work a lot better for me.
Thanks for all the help and information, really appreciate it.
Kind Regards,
Dave
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Here's a blog post on creating LaTeX equations in Inkscape:
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/12/22/including...
If you get it working with all of the appropriate plugins, Inkscape and LaTeX should give you tons of flexibility when it comes to editing equations. Also, converting to an EMF vector format will provide you with crisp, publication worthy vector images (EMF is the only vector format that Word plays nicely with).
I haven't fiddled with it on my Windows machine enough to get it up and running, but it works great on my Linux box (although I can't make EMF files in Linux because it required Windows DLLs). Might be worth a shot. Good luck.
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You can accomplish exactly what you need with the line: \frac{\int a }{\int b}
The limits are added like the following \frac{\int\limits_x^y a }{\int\limits_x^y b}
Which produces the attached equation.
Also, you can change how big or small the numerator an denominator are manually.
TeX is by far the most professional typesetting compiler for math, science and engineering.
Try the part of it that can be used for just mathematics http://www.chachatelier.fr/latexit/
Cheers,
Fe (IronX32)
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\int{\left(\frac{\displaystyle\int\limits_x^y a }{\int\limits_x^y b}\right)}
Fe (IronX32)
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and for Linux: https://code.google.com/p/latexyt/
I just realized that I have no idea what OS you guys are used haha :)
Personally, OSX and Linux
Fe (IronX32)
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Fe (IronX32)
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I'll probably take a look at it the next time I have to prepare a large scientific document!
Cheers!
Dave
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Fe (IronX32)
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Although, it is more difficult at first and may take longer, it can actually become quicker after you have used it for a while. Also, the output is incomparable to word for many cases.
I could talk about this for hours haha ;)
Everyone has their own preference really. I thought that for this thread the mathematical aspect of TeX could really benefit the OP.
For anyone wanting utilize TeX I suggest Kile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kile
Also, there is a nice "in-between" version developed in Europe. It is widely used and highly suggested for those who like Word
It's called LyX http://www.lyx.org/
Cheers,
Fe (IronX32)
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The LyX editor looks interesting enough for me to download and take home to try out. Been way too long since I used any type of Tex editor, so having a menu-driven and WYSIWYG should help the re-learning curve.
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It's the only one of its kind, while there are many straight LaTeX IDE's.
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CODE --> LaTeX
$\frac{\int\limits_x^y a}{\int\limits_x^y b}$I think the advantage to Inkscape is that you can save your equation as an EMF file, which will go into MS Word without issues. Word is really terrible at importing more standard vector formats like EPS and PDF.
PNG images work okay... but I've had problems with MS Office downsampling my figures...
Anyhow, here's an example of the output:
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I didn't know inkscape supported TeX math.
Thanks for sharing. I will give it a try to see how I like it.
Cheers,
Fe (IronX32)