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Problem with old Equations in Word 2003
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I have a huge (old) document which when opened in Word 2003, the equations are not displayed (I get a memory error message). After I convert a equation to Microsoft Euation 3.0 (or just open and close it), it displays properly. The old equations have the codes Equation.2, Equation.3, or Microsoft Equation 3.0, after I edit the equation, the new code is Equation.2. I have tried the same document on different computers (XP, Vista, Office 2003 with and without service packs). The workaround I found is easy, but the document has thousands! of equations. Is there a simple way to convert them all ? I tried to replace the EMBED code and it didn't work. Thanks in Advance. |
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Problem with old Equations in Word 2003
If you're experienced with VBA, you could write a macro to do this,
and then your macro could convert each equation in the document by running the macro just once. If you don't know how to write VBA macros, Word has a Macro Recorder that you could use, but you wouldn't be able to record a macro that would do the whole document. The best you could do would be to have it find the next equation, open it up in Equation Editor, then close Equation Editor. Then you'd have to run it again for the next one. Faster than doing it manually, but still time-consuming. MathType has this exact macro already built in to Word's MathType menu. You could get this macro by either buying MathType, or by downloading and installing the 30-day evaluation. In either case though, the equations would be MathType equations after you're finished (not Equation Editor equations). If you're the only one who needs to edit the document, I wouldn't imagine that would be a problem. If someone else needs it though, he or she would only be able to view the equations, not edit them. If you choose to go the "evaluation" route, you will still be able to edit your equations, even after the evaluation period expires. After the 30 days, MathType will become MathType Lite, which has all of Equation Editor's functionality and a little but -- but not much -- more. One of the features it retains -- that you'll never have with Equation Editor -- is the ability to edit a MathType equation. -- 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, TeXaide On 26-Dec-2007, Eitan Behar wrote: Hi, I have a huge (old) document which when opened in Word 2003, the equations are not displayed (I get a memory error message). After I convert a equation to Microsoft Euation 3.0 (or just open and close it), it displays properly. The old equations have the codes Equation.2, Equation.3, or Microsoft Equation 3.0, after I edit the equation, the new code is Equation.2. I have tried the same document on different computers (XP, Vista, Office 2003 with and without service packs). The workaround I found is easy, but the document has thousands! of equations. Is there a simple way to convert them all ? I tried to replace the EMBED code and it didn't work. Thanks in Advance. |
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Problem with old Equations in Word 2003
Great! I didn't think about using VBA. I will try it as soon as I get back to
the office. It seems that I will try also MathType, I have heard about a lot of people using it. Thanks, Eitan "Bob Mathews" wrote: If you're experienced with VBA, you could write a macro to do this, and then your macro could convert each equation in the document by running the macro just once. If you don't know how to write VBA macros, Word has a Macro Recorder that you could use, but you wouldn't be able to record a macro that would do the whole document. The best you could do would be to have it find the next equation, open it up in Equation Editor, then close Equation Editor. Then you'd have to run it again for the next one. Faster than doing it manually, but still time-consuming. MathType has this exact macro already built in to Word's MathType menu. You could get this macro by either buying MathType, or by downloading and installing the 30-day evaluation. In either case though, the equations would be MathType equations after you're finished (not Equation Editor equations). If you're the only one who needs to edit the document, I wouldn't imagine that would be a problem. If someone else needs it though, he or she would only be able to view the equations, not edit them. If you choose to go the "evaluation" route, you will still be able to edit your equations, even after the evaluation period expires. After the 30 days, MathType will become MathType Lite, which has all of Equation Editor's functionality and a little but -- but not much -- more. One of the features it retains -- that you'll never have with Equation Editor -- is the ability to edit a MathType equation. -- 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, TeXaide On 26-Dec-2007, Eitan Behar wrote: Hi, I have a huge (old) document which when opened in Word 2003, the equations are not displayed (I get a memory error message). After I convert a equation to Microsoft Euation 3.0 (or just open and close it), it displays properly. The old equations have the codes Equation.2, Equation.3, or Microsoft Equation 3.0, after I edit the equation, the new code is Equation.2. I have tried the same document on different computers (XP, Vista, Office 2003 with and without service packs). The workaround I found is easy, but the document has thousands! of equations. Is there a simple way to convert them all ? I tried to replace the EMBED code and it didn't work. Thanks in Advance. |
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