Thank you for the help Bob. Unfortunately it did not help. I am using
MathType version 5.2c. I haven't been able to talk the department head into
upgrading to version 6. Could that be the difference?
When you tested it did you by any chance start with a new document
originally typed in Word 2007?
So far the ones I've found not to show up in the pdf file are "set" of
parentheses, the set of brackets, and the set of braces. However, the set of
vertical bars, absolute value, did show up. I assume there will be others.
"Bob Mathews" wrote:
Carolyn,
As a former math teacher, I understand your frustration. MathType
equations are created with fonts, even though Word sees them
simply as graphic objects. When saving a Word document for
someone else to open who doesn't have MathType, it's necessary to
embed the MathType fonts into the document. If you're creating a
PDF from Word, it's still necessary to embed the fonts. Adobe
Acrobat gives the option to embed fonts into the document when
using Acrobat to create the PDFs, but when you use Word 2007's
built-in "Save As PDF" feature, you don't have this option.
This leaves two possibilities: either Word embeds all the fonts
automatically or it does not, and you have no option to do so.
Knowing a Word-created PDF is a larger file than an
Acrobat-created PDF, my assumption was the former. I couldn't
verify this in the documentation or via a web search, so I tried
it myself by embedding the fonts in the Word document before
saving as PDF.
I tried a couple of combinations, both of which started with a
Word 2007 document (i.e., a docx file) with MathType equations. I
saved this file as a PDF both before embedding the fonts and
afterward. I have a computer in the office that doesn't have
MathType installed, that I use for situations such as this. I was
able to open both PDFs on this computer, and the equations looked
fine.
Long story short -- I don't doubt the fact that you're having
this problem, but I couldn't duplicate it. What I'd recommend is
trying it with the fonts embedded into the Word document before
you save as PDF.
Unfortunately, doing that isn't a 1-step process. First, include
the MathType fonts in a footer of the document. In the "Header
and Footer" group of the Insert tab, click Footer Edit Footer.
Next, on the Home tab, select the font "MT Extra", make sure the
cursor is flashing in the footer, and press the spacebar. Go back
to the "Header & Footer Tools Design" tab, and click "Close
Header and Footer". (If you have used any special fonts in your
equations, you'll also need to include them in the footer, but
normally MT Extra is the only one you'll need.) Now save the
document using Save As Word Document. In the lower left corner
of the Save As dialog, click Tools Save Options. In the bottom
section of the Word Options dialog, check the "Embed fonts in the
file" box, but NOT the next one (IOW, leave "Embed only the
characters used..." unchecked). Click OK, then name the document
and save it. Finally, create the PDF.
Let me know if this works for your students. For future problems,
feel free to contact our Technical Support staff directly at
. Be sure to include your MathType Product Key
(i.e., registration number) in your e-mail.
--
Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
bobm at dessci.com
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On 21-Sep-2007, wrote:
I had several Word 2003 documents that have MathType
equations in them. When I've sent them to students they can't
read them unless they have MathType installed on their
computer. I was thrilled to find out that Word 2007 had the
save as pdf available so that this problem would be eliminated.
When I am trying to save a word 2007 document with
MathType equations included as a pdf file, the pdf file does
not show all of the characters from the MathType Equations.
In particular, none of the parentheses are showing up.
So if I type y=f(x), for example, the pdf looks like y=f x .
This is a huge problem. Someone please help. Thanks.