Equation Editor problems

[Graeme Milne]

Hi

I have just received a load of Maths resources created on Word (not
sure on which specific verson of Word). When I load them on my
version of Word (Microsoft Word 2002), I have encountered problems.

Everything displays fine except where the Equation editor has been
used, all numbers appear correctly but when ever a mathematical symbol
has been used e.g =,+,- etc then my version of Word is incorrectly
displaying these. If I try to convert the equation it converts all the
numerical terms but omits the symbols.

Can anyone help?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated

Regards
Graeme

 

[Bob Mathews]

I have just received a load of Maths resources created on Word
(not sure on which specific verson of Word). When I load them
on
my version of Word (Microsoft Word 2002), I have encountered
problems.

Everything displays fine except where the Equation editor has
been used, all numbers appear correctly but when ever a
mathematical symbol has been used e.g =,+,- etc then my version
of Word is incorrectly displaying these. If I try to convert
the
equation it converts all the numerical terms but omits the
symbols.

It's not clear from your post, but it sounds to me like the
original documents were created with Word + MathType, rather than
Word + Equation Editor. One way to tell for sure is to click on
an equation in one of the original documents, and look at the
Word status bar (the bottom of the Word window). If it was
created with MathType, the status bar will say "Double-click to
Open MathType 5.0 Equation". The version number may be different,
or the verbiage may be slightly different, but if it says
"MathType", you can't open it with Equation Editor, nor will it
display properly in the Word document. If the equation was
created with Equation Editor, it'll say something like
"Double-click to Edit Microsoft Equation 3.0". Again, the message
may be slightly different, but the words to focus on are
"Equation Editor".

If going through the above procedure shows the equations were
created with MathType, you have two choices -- buy MathType, or
download and install the free 30-day test drive version of
MathType (from the link in my sig). If the equations were created
with Equation Editor, then you probably have a font or two set
incorrectly. Open Equation Editor (like you were going to insert
an equation, for example), and in the Style menu, click Define.
Make sure the Symbol style is set to Symbol font.

If that doesn't solve the problem, write back with more details,
and we'll go from there.
--
Bob Mathews (e-mail address removed)
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[Graeme Milne]

Hi Bob

They were created via the Equation editor within Word. However that if
I try and create an equation on a blank document then a blank space is
entered whenever I tey and use a standard mathematical symbol e.g +,-
etc I have tried entering it via the num pad and the standard keys.
So is there something wrong with the font associated with these
symbols?

Regards
Graeme