Equation Editor - Contour Integrals

[Guest]

Hello all,

I've got a problem with Equation Editor 3.0 when I try to insert contour
integrals. On the monitor, the equation looks fine, but when I print it out,
the circle over the integral is shifted to the left, virtually off of the
integral symbol itself! So instead of a contour integral symbol, it looks
like a random circle was drawn to the left of a normal integral symbol, and
then intersects it. I hope this description makes sense. Please let me know
if anyone else has experienced this issue, and if so, how did you solve it
(without using Math Type, since the journal to which I am submitting this
paper does not accept Math Type in the equations). Thanks for your help

 

[Peter Jamieson]

I'm not using this for real, but if I insert this type of integral it looks
OK and prints OK here, unless I try to stretch the object in any direction,
when it becomes obvious that the circle and the integral sign are scaling in
completely different ways. So I would try to be sure that nothing is causing
your output to be scaled (e.g. Zoom settings in the Print dialog, perhaps
even uncheck File|Print|Options|Allow A4/Letter size resizing, although I
don't think that would cause this), ensure nothing is scaling in your print
driver, and so on.

Peter Jamieson

 

[Bob Mathews]

I've got a problem with Equation Editor 3.0 when I try to
insert contour integrals. On the monitor, the equation looks
fine, but when I print it out, the circle over the integral is
shifted to the left, virtually off of the integral symbol
itself! So
instead of a contour integral symbol, it looks like a random
circle was drawn to the left of a normal integral symbol, and
then intersects it.

This is a known problem, but it only occurs with some printers.
Have you tried printing to a different printer? Also, updating
your printer driver to the latest version will sometimes cure
problems like this.

Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this issue,
and if so, how did you solve it (without using Math Type, since
the journal to which I am submitting this paper does not accept
Math Type in the equations).

That's unfortunate, because there's a work-around to this problem
if you're using MathType. It could also be that the journal
editors have changed their submission standards and now allow
MathType. It may be worth checking to see if this is the case.
Some journal editors say they don't want documents submitted with
MathType equations because they think they have to buy MathType
to edit the equation for publishing. This is not the case, since
MathType Lite (i.e., a MathType evaluation that is past the
30-day evaluation period) can edit MathType equations.

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Bob Mathews
Director of Training
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