In fact, this is true for only a handful of fonts. First, you mention that with Equation 3.0, “equation objects didn’t respond to font-size changes or other formatting properties” and that “the new equation editor responds to all the normal font formatting options in Microsoft Office.” While you didn’t specifically state that your equations will be formatted with the same font as the text of your document or presentation, it can be easily implied by what you did say. In powerpoint, animations are quite a bit easier, since you can do all the equations in-line as part of the text, rather than juggling scads of different text and equation objects.įor more on Microsoft’s new Equation Editor, please check out my more recent post here!Ĭouple of clarifications are in order. You can color your formulas, you can change the font size, and you can apply any other text effect like shadow/glow/outline/etc. As hinted above, the new equation editor responds to all the normal font formatting options in Microsoft Office. For a more complicated example, consider this: Tapping the spacebar will automatically convert your calculator syntax into pretty display math. So typing 3^x / 4^y results in, without any extra effort. Most calculator-style syntax is accepted as well. So inserting an equation is fast and you never need to leave the keyboard.Ģ. Also, pressing Alt+= will immediately launch the editor.
You can even add your own custom commands if you go into your options to Proofing > AutoCorrect Options and click on the “Math AutoCorrect” tab. For a complete list of shortcuts go here for a great pdf cheat sheet.
The shortcuts are amazing, and most simple commands work. The new equation editor is much better for the following reasons:ġ.
Animations in powerpoint were also difficult. Color-coding was problematic, and equation objects didn’t respond to font-size changes or other formatting properties. The old Microsoft Equation 3.0 which shipped with earlier Office products had a few shortcuts, but it was still pretty hard to type equations without using the toolbar. That being said, Microsoft has made a significant upgrade to its equation editor with the release of Office 2007 (I know, pretty stale news–but my school just upgraded this past year) and lovers will love it if they haven’t tried it yet. There is a teacher in our math department who does use for everything, but it’s not me. I don’t use it for all my worksheets and assessments. Even though I’d love to say I use for everything, I actually only use it for my grad school assignments.
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