Letters in Equations

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elijahjt

I'm trying to use Word 2007's built-in equation functionality, but often
times when I try to type a letter in an equation (e.g. y=2x), the letters (so
the y and the x) just show up as boxes. The only way it seems I can get it
working is to copy and paste from a previous equation that worked with
letters, clear out the irrelevant equation and type in the new one. However,
I feel there MUST be a better way of doing this. Any help would be
appreciated.
 
The 'old' equation editor is included with Office 2007 and works just as
before. It is not installed by default so you will need to re-run Office
setup from the Windows add or remove programs applet to add it. You can then
insert as an object as in earlier versions.

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Hi,

Graham's solution may be exactly what you want, but since I am happily using
the Word 2007 Equation Editor, I would like to try to help you use it also.
To add an inline equation such as y = 2x as you are tying a sentence, do just
the following and nothing else unless you want to add something to the
equation.
1. Press Alt+=.
2. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
3. Press End.
4. Continue typing the rest of your sentence.

To add a "display" equation (an equation on a separate line), do as follows.
1. Press Enter.
2. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
3. Press End.
4. Press Enter.
 
Hi again,

Oops! I left out a step for creating a "display" equation. The correct steps
are:

To add a "display" equation (an equation on a separate line), do as follows.
1. Press Enter.
2. Press Alt+=.
3. Type y=2x (with no spaces).
4. Press End.
5. Press Enter.
 
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