characters not displaying

[Guest]

I'm using Microsoft Word 2000, on Windows XP. I'm trying to use the equation creator, version 3.0 but not all of the characters are displaying correctly. I've tried using different fonts in the main document but the problem is the same with all of them

When I tried to use the integral sign, it displays it as a C. Also when I use some characters, such as lamda, it worngly positions itself in the equation, so it just comes out as characters ontop of each other

I've also tried to reinstall the MT Extra font but the problem persisted. When I looked at the font file, many of the characters are just displayed as squares. Is there someway I can make my system accept the symbols

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I suspect the cause of this problem is that you're trying to use the MT
Extra font (or other fonts) in Equation Editor when you don't need to.

When you open Equation Editor, do you see a toolbar containing 20
rectangular boxes with 2 or 3 symbols per box? If not, click on View |
Toolbar to display the toolbar. This toolbar contains every equation
symbol and Greek letter that I have ever needed for math, physics, and
engineering.

With Equation Editor still open, click on Style | Define. In my
computer, the font for Text, Function, Variable, Matrix-Vector, and
Number styles is the same as my main document (Times New Roman at the
moment, but Arial also works); and the font for L.C. Greek, U.C. Greek,
and Symbol styles is "Symbol". If yours are different, try changing
them to what I have.

Does this fix the problem?

 

[Guest]

I've tried this, the toolbar cames up automatically anyway, and I can see the correct symbols in the selection box, but when I select them they don't appear in the equation box, then when I return to word it displays them as a apparently random character

I also tried changing the fonts so that they were defined exactly the same as yours, but they were in the first place

Any other suggestions

Thank

Chri

----- garfield-n-odie wrote: ----

I suspect the cause of this problem is that you're trying to use the MT
Extra font (or other fonts) in Equation Editor when you don't need to

When you open Equation Editor, do you see a toolbar containing 20
rectangular boxes with 2 or 3 symbols per box? If not, click on View |
Toolbar to display the toolbar. This toolbar contains every equation
symbol and Greek letter that I have ever needed for math, physics, and
engineering

With Equation Editor still open, click on Style | Define. In my
computer, the font for Text, Function, Variable, Matrix-Vector, and
Number styles is the same as my main document (Times New Roman at the
moment, but Arial also works); and the font for L.C. Greek, U.C. Greek,
and Symbol styles is "Symbol". If yours are different, try changing
them to what I have

Does this fix the problem



cjr1 wrote

 

[Bob Mathews]

I'm using Microsoft Word 2000, on Windows XP. I'm trying to use
the equation creator, version 3.0 but not all of the characters
are displaying correctly. I've tried using different fonts in
the main document but the problem is the same with all of them.

I'm 100% sure this is a font problem, but without sitting at your
computer and seeing it for myself, it's difficult to tell you
what to do next. I'll offer some suggestions, and I'm sure one of
these will work. First, we have an article on our web site that
deals with "wrong characters":

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/TSN/TSN52.htm

This article is probably not going to solve your problem, because
if I understood your reply to "garfield-n-odie", you've already
checked what the article suggests. Wouldn't hurt to read it
though.

You said you've "tried using different fonts in the main document
but the problem is the same with all of them". That won't matter,
because the fonts you use in Word have no relation at all to the
fonts you use in Equation Editor. You can choose the same ones or
different ones -- your choice -- and neither Word nor Equation
Editor will know anything about the fonts used in the other.

You also said:

I've also tried to reinstall the MT Extra font but the problem
persisted.

Yes, but *how* did you reinstall the MT Extra font? There are
instructions on how to do it correctly here:

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/tsn/tsn84.htm

Even though this article says it applies to MathType, it still
has useful information for the Equation Editor user.

What it boils down to is either you have a corrupted version of
MTExtra, or for some reason your system isn't properly
recognizing its encoding. You have two choices here, and I'm sure
either of these will solve your problem: you can either download
the MathType fonts from our web site, or you can "test drive"
MathType for 30 days for free. If you choose the first route,
just install the fonts and use Equation Editor normally. If you
choose the second route, you'll get the fonts too, and all of
MathType's features will work for 30 days. After 30 days, if you
choose not to pay for it, MathType will still work in a
reduced-features mode called "MathType Lite".

You can download either of these products -- either the font
installer or MathType 30-day -- at the link in my signature.

Now since this is a holiday, reading this message will cost you
one and a half times what it normally would. (I forget -- what's
one and a half times zero again?)

--
Bob Mathews (e-mail address removed)
Director of Training 830-990-9699
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