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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
I think that the nearest that you can get is to add the Insert Object item
from the All Commands category. When you do that and click on that item, Microsoft Equation 3.0 is in the list of items that appears. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Espresso" wrote in message ... I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
On 19-Jun-2006, Espresso wrote:
I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. (This question is about Office 2007, for anyone who doesn't recognize the term "Quick Access Toolbar".) Best way to do this is to first record a macro to open Equation Editor. You'll need to make sure the Developer tab is visible in the Ribbon. (It's not showing by default.) If it's not showing, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, click Personalize, then click "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon". On the Developer tab, click Record Macro. Title the macro anything you want, but make sure the option is set to "Store macro in: All Documents (Normal.dotm)". Click OK. Now go through the steps to insert an equation (click Insert tab, click Object, click Object again, click Microsoft Equation 3.0, click OK, click "Stop recording" on the Status Bar. ("Stop recording" is the square icon.) Exit Equation Editor and try out your macro. (Click "Play" on the Status Bar, then select the title of your macro from the list, and click Run.) Assuming the macro works, get it onto the QAT by clicking the downward-pointing triangle with a bar on top of it at the far right of the QAT. Click "Customize Quick Access Toolbar". Click "Choose commands from: Macros". Your macro should appear in the list on the left-hand side. Click once on ie and click Add. Make sure at the top right of the Word Options dialog, it says "Customize QAT: For all documents (default)", and click OK. Equation Editor now appears on the QAT. The default icon for a macro looks like an organizational chart. If you want a different icon, before you close Word Options, click on your macro on the right-side list, and click Modify. You've got 55 icons to choose from, and really the only appropriate one for an equation is the calculator icon in the middle of the bottom row, but choose whichever one you want. Clicking this icon on the QAT from now on will open Equation Editor. If you've set the option to "Prompt before saving Normal template", be sure to answer affirmatively when closing Word and it tells you changes have been made to the Normal template and asks you if you want to save the changes. -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
On 19-Jun-2006, I wrote:
...Your macro should appear in the list on the left-hand side. Click once on ie and click Add.... Oops. I'm sure you figured it out, but I meant "click once on it...". Clicking once on IE wouldn't help a whit. ;-) -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
Thank you Bob and Doug for your suggestions. However, IMO this is sub-par.
There was no problem adding this icon to the toolbars in Word 2003. And, while considering the many functions that are available for the Quick Access Toolbar, why isn't this one? It is just an annoyance that MS has seemingly overlooked. Dan "Bob Mathews" wrote: On 19-Jun-2006, Espresso wrote: I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. (This question is about Office 2007, for anyone who doesn't recognize the term "Quick Access Toolbar".) Best way to do this is to first record a macro to open Equation Editor. You'll need to make sure the Developer tab is visible in the Ribbon. (It's not showing by default.) If it's not showing, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, click Personalize, then click "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon". On the Developer tab, click Record Macro. Title the macro anything you want, but make sure the option is set to "Store macro in: All Documents (Normal.dotm)". Click OK. Now go through the steps to insert an equation (click Insert tab, click Object, click Object again, click Microsoft Equation 3.0, click OK, click "Stop recording" on the Status Bar. ("Stop recording" is the square icon.) Exit Equation Editor and try out your macro. (Click "Play" on the Status Bar, then select the title of your macro from the list, and click Run.) Assuming the macro works, get it onto the QAT by clicking the downward-pointing triangle with a bar on top of it at the far right of the QAT. Click "Customize Quick Access Toolbar". Click "Choose commands from: Macros". Your macro should appear in the list on the left-hand side. Click once on ie and click Add. Make sure at the top right of the Word Options dialog, it says "Customize QAT: For all documents (default)", and click OK. Equation Editor now appears on the QAT. The default icon for a macro looks like an organizational chart. If you want a different icon, before you close Word Options, click on your macro on the right-side list, and click Modify. You've got 55 icons to choose from, and really the only appropriate one for an equation is the calculator icon in the middle of the bottom row, but choose whichever one you want. Clicking this icon on the QAT from now on will open Equation Editor. If you've set the option to "Prompt before saving Normal template", be sure to answer affirmatively when closing Word and it tells you changes have been made to the Normal template and asks you if you want to save the changes. -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:13:01 -0700, Espresso
wrote: I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. In Word 2007, in addition to the older external Equation Editor, there is an equation facility build into the program. On the Insert ribbon, in the Symbols group at the far right, click Equations for a gallery of pre-built equations, or just press Alt+= to start entering your own equation. There's a lot of stuff hidden in there. The Help for the beta isn't finished yet, but there are some topics under the Write category that will tell you about the equations feature. You can also learn a lot by right-clicking various places to see what's in the context menus. If you have documents from a previous version with equations from Equation Editor 3.0, and if you don't expect ever to have to edit them again in the older version, you can "upgrade" the document to Word 2007 format and change the equations to the new version; but there's no backward compatibility. This is covered in the help topics. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
Jay,
That is better, thank you. Previously, I did check out the pre-formatted equations that drop down from the Equation Toolbar icon but it did not show me what I was looking for. However, the Alt+= brought-up the whole gammut of equation tools. Thank you very much. Dan "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:13:01 -0700, Espresso wrote: I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. In Word 2007, in addition to the older external Equation Editor, there is an equation facility build into the program. On the Insert ribbon, in the Symbols group at the far right, click Equations for a gallery of pre-built equations, or just press Alt+= to start entering your own equation. There's a lot of stuff hidden in there. The Help for the beta isn't finished yet, but there are some topics under the Write category that will tell you about the equations feature. You can also learn a lot by right-clicking various places to see what's in the context menus. If you have documents from a previous version with equations from Equation Editor 3.0, and if you don't expect ever to have to edit them again in the older version, you can "upgrade" the document to Word 2007 format and change the equations to the new version; but there's no backward compatibility. This is covered in the help topics. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
On 19-Jun-2006, Espresso wrote:
Thank you Bob and Doug for your suggestions. However, IMO this is sub-par. There was no problem adding this icon to the toolbars Word 2003. And, while considering the many functions that are available for the Quick Access Toolbar, why isn't this one? It is just an annoyance that MS has seemingly overlooked. Dan, while I certainly shart your sentiment that this is sub-par, Doug and I merely answered the question you asked. The newsgroup is a valid place to vent such frustrations, but you understand, of course, that none of us can do anything about it. The only ones who can are in Redmond. Although Office 2007 is technically still a beta, there's no chance of Microsoft making any more changes to Office 2007 before its commercial release unless such changes are truly bugs and not enhancements. (IOW, picture a snowball in the nether reaches of Gehenna.) Even so, Microsoft is in a position to do something about it, so if it's something you feel strongly about, it's best to write them about it. -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
I should also point out, for mouse-oriented folks reading this, that
you can start an equation by just clicking the Equation button on the Insert ribbon, or by clicking the down arrow to see the gallery and then choosing the Insert New Equation command at the bottom. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:33:01 -0700, Espresso wrote: Jay, That is better, thank you. Previously, I did check out the pre-formatted equations that drop down from the Equation Toolbar icon but it did not show me what I was looking for. However, the Alt+= brought-up the whole gammut of equation tools. Thank you very much. Dan "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:13:01 -0700, Espresso wrote: I've been searching all the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options and cannot find Equation Editor. I really need this directly on the toolbar so I don't have to go Insert - Object - Select from popup. In Word 2007, in addition to the older external Equation Editor, there is an equation facility build into the program. On the Insert ribbon, in the Symbols group at the far right, click Equations for a gallery of pre-built equations, or just press Alt+= to start entering your own equation. There's a lot of stuff hidden in there. The Help for the beta isn't finished yet, but there are some topics under the Write category that will tell you about the equations feature. You can also learn a lot by right-clicking various places to see what's in the context menus. If you have documents from a previous version with equations from Equation Editor 3.0, and if you don't expect ever to have to edit them again in the older version, you can "upgrade" the document to Word 2007 format and change the equations to the new version; but there's no backward compatibility. This is covered in the help topics. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I add Equation Editor to the quick access toolbar?
Hi Dan,
To add one bit to Bob's reply about writing directly to the MS Office product team, you can do that for Office 2007 Beta 2 using the 2007 feedback tool from the link below. ========== "Espresso" wrote in message ... Thank you Bob and Doug for your suggestions. However, IMO this is sub-par. There was no problem adding this icon to the toolbars in Word 2003. And, while considering the many functions that are available for the Quick Access Toolbar, why isn't this one? It is just an annoyance that MS has seemingly overlooked. Dan -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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