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Default Letters in Equations

Hi again,

Oops! I left out a step for creating a "display" equation. The correct steps
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To add a "display" equation (an equation on a separate line), do as follows.
1. Press Enter.
2. Press Alt+=.
3. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
4. Press End.
5. Press Enter.

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Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz


"Pesach Shelnitz" wrote:

Hi,

Graham's solution may be exactly what you want, but since I am happily using
the Word 2007 Equation Editor, I would like to try to help you use it also.
To add an inline equation such as y = 2x as you are tying a sentence, do just
the following and nothing else unless you want to add something to the
equation.
1. Press Alt+=.
2. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
3. Press End.
4. Continue typing the rest of your sentence.

To add a "display" equation (an equation on a separate line), do as follows.
1. Press Enter.
2. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
3. Press End.
4. Press Enter.

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Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The 'old' equation editor is included with Office 2007 and works just as
before. It is not installed by default so you will need to re-run Office
setup from the Windows add or remove programs applet to add it. You can then
insert as an object as in earlier versions.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



elijahjt wrote:
I'm trying to use Word 2007's built-in equation functionality, but
often times when I try to type a letter in an equation (e.g. y=2x),
the letters (so the y and the x) just show up as boxes. The only way
it seems I can get it working is to copy and paste from a previous
equation that worked with letters, clear out the irrelevant equation
and type in the new one. However, I feel there MUST be a better way
of doing this. Any help would be appreciated.



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