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Typing mathematical formulę in Word 2007
As a beta user of Office 2007, I've come to like the new ribbon UI, and
the ribbon for working with mathematical formulę in particular is much improved over previous versions. It's nice to be able to use TeX-like syntax when typing a formula, but there are two minor problems I've run into: 1. I don't know the syntax for every symbol I'd like to use, but I don't see an easy way to find it. I can open the "Word Options - Proofing - Autocorrect" dialogue, and select the "Math Autocorrect" tab, but this is rather tedious. It would be very nice to have the option of showing the syntax used to type a symbol in its tooltip. 2. I may have missed something obvious, but I can't see a way to enter a label for a display equation in the standard format, i.e. an equation number to the right of the equation itself, in rounded brackets. Following on from the first issue above, I'd also like a way to pop up the tool tip for an item when using the ribbon via the keyboard. I much prefer this to the mouse, but can't see how to show a tooltip this way. I would like it if, when "ribbon command mode" has been activated by typing Alt, typing F1 followed by the key sequence for a ribbon item would display that item's tooltip, or perhaps more detailed help about the item. |
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Typing mathematical formulę in Word 20 07
Once you insert an equation via Insert tab, Equation, you should see a
contextual tab called Equation Tools, Design at the very left of your ribbon tab list (it should also go into the foreground). That tab will also be there whenever you click on an equation you created previously. 1) You should find all the symbols you need on that tab. 2) If I remember correctly, this isn't possible. I don't think there is a way to see the tooltip without using the mouse. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net "tas at mailueberfall.de" tas at mailueberfall.de wrote in message news As a beta user of Office 2007, I've come to like the new ribbon UI, and the ribbon for working with mathematical formulę in particular is much improved over previous versions. It's nice to be able to use TeX-like syntax when typing a formula, but there are two minor problems I've run into: 1. I don't know the syntax for every symbol I'd like to use, but I don't see an easy way to find it. I can open the "Word Options - Proofing - Autocorrect" dialogue, and select the "Math Autocorrect" tab, but this is rather tedious. It would be very nice to have the option of showing the syntax used to type a symbol in its tooltip. 2. I may have missed something obvious, but I can't see a way to enter a label for a display equation in the standard format, i.e. an equation number to the right of the equation itself, in rounded brackets. Following on from the first issue above, I'd also like a way to pop up the tool tip for an item when using the ribbon via the keyboard. I much prefer this to the mouse, but can't see how to show a tooltip this way. I would like it if, when "ribbon command mode" has been activated by typing Alt, typing F1 followed by the key sequence for a ribbon item would display that item's tooltip, or perhaps more detailed help about the item. |
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Typing mathematical formulę in Word 20 07
Thanks for the suggestion about the first problem. However, I can find the
symbols in the ribbon, but what I can't easily find is the syntax for typing the symbols without using the ribbon. For an example of the above, to get a large sigma (for a summation), I know I can type "\sum[Space]" instead of using the ribbon (where I would have to type "[Alt]CEG[right][Enter]", which is very easy to discover, but can get tedious, especially for other symbols that require much more use of the arrow keys to select). The key problem is that, if I didn't know from LaTeX that "\sum" is used for summations, I don't see an easy way to discover it. I'm also not sure how to properly group things in formulę, since curly brackets (used in LaTeX) don't appear to work for this. It's too bad about the second problem. I've never seen a paper written with text captions above/below equations, as Word seems to do, so I can't imagine why it doesn't support the normal numbering scheme. It's particularly disappointing since the formula support otherwise looks very good (although I don't yet know if the printed output can compete with LaTeX). Right now I use a combination of Word and LaTeX for writing (Word is good for drafts and collaboration, but LaTeX is much better for mathematical typesetting). I had been hoping Word 2007 might be good enough to use as my only writing tool, and for the most part I think it may be, but the inability to easily label/reference equations is a big minus. /tas On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:26:08 +0200, Patrick Schmid wrote: Once you insert an equation via Insert tab, Equation, you should see a contextual tab called Equation Tools, Design at the very left of your ribbon tab list (it should also go into the foreground). That tab will also be there whenever you click on an equation you created previously. 1) You should find all the symbols you need on that tab. 2) If I remember correctly, this isn't possible. I don't think there is a way to see the tooltip without using the mouse. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net "tas at mailueberfall.de" tas at mailueberfall.de wrote in message news As a beta user of Office 2007, I've come to like the new ribbon UI, and the ribbon for working with mathematical formulę in particular is much improved over previous versions. It's nice to be able to use TeX-like syntax when typing a formula, but there are two minor problems I've run into: 1. I don't know the syntax for every symbol I'd like to use, but I don't see an easy way to find it. I can open the "Word Options - Proofing - Autocorrect" dialogue, and select the "Math Autocorrect" tab, but this is rather tedious. It would be very nice to have the option of showing the syntax used to type a symbol in its tooltip. 2. I may have missed something obvious, but I can't see a way to enter a label for a display equation in the standard format, i.e. an equation number to the right of the equation itself, in rounded brackets. Following on from the first issue above, I'd also like a way to pop up the tool tip for an item when using the ribbon via the keyboard. I much prefer this to the mouse, but can't see how to show a tooltip this way. I would like it if, when "ribbon command mode" has been activated by typing Alt, typing F1 followed by the key sequence for a ribbon item would display that item's tooltip, or perhaps more detailed help about the item. |
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Typing mathematical formulę in Word 20 07
Thanks for the suggestion about the first problem. However, I can find
the symbols in the ribbon, but what I can't easily find is the syntax for typing the symbols without using the ribbon. For an example of the above, to get a large sigma (for a summation), I know I can type "\sum[Space]" instead of using the ribbon (where I would have to type "[Alt]CEG[right][Enter]", which is very easy to discover, but can get tedious, especially for other symbols that require much more use of the arrow keys to select). The key problem is that, if I didn't know from LaTeX that "\sum" is used for summations, I don't see an easy way to discover it. I'm also not sure how to properly group things in formulę, since curly brackets (used in LaTeX) don't appear to work for this. Now I understand what you mean Open Word help and search for "Math AutoCorrect symbols". There is a help article named like that which has the entire list you are looking for. It's too bad about the second problem. I've never seen a paper written with text captions above/below equations, as Word seems to do, so I can't imagine why it doesn't support the normal numbering scheme. It's particularly disappointing since the formula support otherwise looks very good (although I don't yet know if the printed output can compete with LaTeX). The explanation is that Microsoft ran out of time to get an equation numbering feature done. One thing you can do is insert Normal Text as part of the actual equation. On the equation tab, the tools group has the normal text button. That gives you text in the same line as the equation. Was that what you were looking for? Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net Right now I use a combination of Word and LaTeX for writing (Word is good for drafts and collaboration, but LaTeX is much better for mathematical typesetting). I had been hoping Word 2007 might be good enough to use as my only writing tool, and for the most part I think it may be, but the inability to easily label/reference equations is a big minus. /tas On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:26:08 +0200, Patrick Schmid wrote: Once you insert an equation via Insert tab, Equation, you should see a contextual tab called Equation Tools, Design at the very left of your ribbon tab list (it should also go into the foreground). That tab will also be there whenever you click on an equation you created previously. 1) You should find all the symbols you need on that tab. 2) If I remember correctly, this isn't possible. I don't think there is a way to see the tooltip without using the mouse. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net "tas at mailueberfall.de" tas at mailueberfall.de wrote in message news As a beta user of Office 2007, I've come to like the new ribbon UI, and the ribbon for working with mathematical formulę in particular is much improved over previous versions. It's nice to be able to use TeX-like syntax when typing a formula, but there are two minor problems I've run into: 1. I don't know the syntax for every symbol I'd like to use, but I don't see an easy way to find it. I can open the "Word Options - Proofing - Autocorrect" dialogue, and select the "Math Autocorrect" tab, but this is rather tedious. It would be very nice to have the option of showing the syntax used to type a symbol in its tooltip. 2. I may have missed something obvious, but I can't see a way to enter a label for a display equation in the standard format, i.e. an equation number to the right of the equation itself, in rounded brackets. Following on from the first issue above, I'd also like a way to pop up the tool tip for an item when using the ribbon via the keyboard. I much prefer this to the mouse, but can't see how to show a tooltip this way. I would like it if, when "ribbon command mode" has been activated by typing Alt, typing F1 followed by the key sequence for a ribbon item would display that item's tooltip, or perhaps more detailed help about the item. |
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Typing mathematical formulę in Word 20 07
"Patrick Schmid" wrote in message
... Now I understand what you mean Open Word help and search for "Math AutoCorrect symbols". There is a help article named like that which has the entire list you are looking for. Thanks. I knew about the Math Autocorrect, but not the help article, which is much more convenient to read. It's too bad about the second problem. I've never seen a paper written with text captions above/below equations, as Word seems to do, so I can't imagine why it doesn't support the normal numbering scheme. It's particularly disappointing since the formula support otherwise looks very good (although I don't yet know if the printed output can compete with LaTeX). The explanation is that Microsoft ran out of time to get an equation numbering feature done. That's disappointing, but hopefully MathType will fill the gap. I didn't much care for the old UI, but if it adopts the same ribbon UI, with TeX-like syntax for typing, it might be good enough. One thing you can do is insert Normal Text as part of the actual equation. On the equation tab, the tools group has the normal text button. That gives you text in the same line as the equation. Was that what you were looking for? It's an interesting suggestion, but I think manual numbering is too error-prone. I've found that I can use the standard numbering feature (with "([number])" for the format) to get almost what I want. The numbers can be set to continue instead of restarting, and can be automatically cross-referenced from the text, but I don't see any way to put the number on the right side instead of the left! Maybe I can find out how to turn on right-to-left text, although it's rather a lot to go through for such a basic feature. /tas |
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