Equations in PP 2003?

[Guest]

What's the deal with Equation editor in Powerpoint? If it worked like it does in MS Word allowing inline equations, it would be sort of okay, but to just throw the equation somewhere onto the slide makes no sense. Math symbols (including equations) occur in the context of the surrounding text and should not have to be positioned individually.

I'm sure many scientists (including computer scientists) use Powerpoint and would want to have decent equation support. I expected the latest MS Office 2003 revamp to address this problem in a serious way (maybe with MathML), but it looks like nothing has changed.

Can anyone please tell me if MathType (the Equ. Editor upgrade) can do inline equations in PP 2003?

And will they be the color of the surrounding text, or just in black?

Thanks,
Peter

 

[BJChadwick]

What's the deal with Equation editor in Powerpoint? If it worked like it does
in MS Word allowing inline equations, it would be sort of okay, but to just
throw the equation somewhere onto the slide makes no sense. Math symbols
(including equations) occur in the context of the surrounding text and should
not have to be positioned individually.

I'm sure many scientists (including computer scientists) use Powerpoint and
would want to have decent equation support. I expected the latest MS Office
2003 revamp to address this problem in a serious way (maybe with MathML), but
it looks like nothing has changed.

Can anyone please tell me if MathType (the Equ. Editor upgrade) can do inline
equations in PP 2003?

And will they be the color of the surrounding text, or just in black?

Thanks,
Peter

Unfortunately math type works almost exactly like EE in how it interfaces with
powerpoint. The problem is Powerpoint, not EE. Math type is better in other
ways but not that one. You can change the color of the equations from Math
Type rather than waiting to do it in Powerpoint but you must still do it
manually.

You are right -- in-line equations is first on my wish list (I teach Math.)

BJ

 

[Glen Millar]

Peter,

One work around is to use the editor in Word and paste them into PowerPoint.
As for them landing where you want them, it won't happen. PowerPoint does
not understand "lines" as in Word, the latter being a text editor. I agree
it is not brilliant, but it is not a text program.

As for getting it incorporated into PowerPoint in the future, I would
suggest you tell MS what you want and why. Or to quote John Langhans, who is
the Supportability Program Manager there:

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What's the deal with Equation editor in Powerpoint? If it worked like it

does in MS Word allowing inline equations, it would be sort of okay, but to
just throw the equation somewhere onto the slide makes no sense. Math
symbols (including equations) occur in the context of the surrounding text
and should not have to be positioned individually.

I'm sure many scientists (including computer scientists) use Powerpoint

and would want to have decent equation support. I expected the latest MS
Office 2003 revamp to address this problem in a serious way (maybe with
MathML), but it looks like nothing has changed.