On 2-Nov-2004, "jg70124" wrote:

Additionally, I've used Word's equation editor to create
equations throughout the text, but somewhere (at the Mac?)
the equations are getting crushed; when the documents come
back to me, they've been replaced with error codes and grey
boxes.

I don't have any solution to offer for the other problems you
mentioned, but with regard to Equation Editor, the formats on the
PC and the Mac aren't compatible with each other. Everyone
involved in the process (whether they edit the equations or not)
should be using either the full version (i.e., the paid version)
of MathType, or the 30-day trial. The 30-day trial will be
full-featured for 30 days, after which it becomes a less-featured
"MathType Lite". MathType Lite will continue to be able to edit
equations created in either the full version of MathType, or
Equation Editor, on either platform.
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