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how can I type chemical equations and structures in word / office
Could anyone tell me how to type chemical formulae and equations showing
bonds and electrons (such as in Lewis structures) using Word? Do I have to use a drawing package? I have both Office 2007 (w XP) and Office ultimate (w Vista) so guidance for either/both would be much appreciated. many thanks |
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how can I type chemical equations and structures in word / office
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 03:07:01 -0800, H Newsholme
wrote: Could anyone tell me how to type chemical formulae and equations showing bonds and electrons (such as in Lewis structures) using Word? Do I have to use a drawing package? I have both Office 2007 (w XP) and Office ultimate (w Vista) so guidance for either/both would be much appreciated. many thanks On the Insert ribbon, in the Illustrations group, click the Shapes button. In that gallery you'll find tools for drawing lines and other shapes. For electrons, you can make filled circles as small as possible, or use colons and umlauts for electron pairs. In general, though, you'll find that Word is not a good tool for this. A graphics program -- even the lowly Paint program that comes with Windows -- will be more productive. Save the results as .jpg files, and you can then import them into Word by clicking the Picture button on the Insert ribbon. -- 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 can I type chemical equations and structures in word / office
On 4-Dec-2008, HNewsholme wrote:
Could anyone tell me how to type chemical formulae and equations showing bonds and electrons (such as in Lewis structures) using Word? Do I have to use a drawing package? Heather, this isn't real difficult if you have MathType. If you'll email me privately, I'll give you all the info you need. You can try it out with the trial version if you want. Meanwhile, this blog post and accompanying videos may prove helpful: http://tcmtechnologyblog.blogspot.co...-mathtype.html -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor |
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