My equation editor disappears when I try to use it!

[Guest]

How do I make my Equation editor in word work?
It just disappears when I click on it.

 

[Bob Mathews]

How do I make my Equation editor in word work?
It just disappears when I click on it.

I'll try to help, but you didn't give us much information to work with.

1. How are you opening Equation Editor (EE)?

2. What do you mean "disappear"? Do you mean EE closes completely?

3. What do you mean "when I click on it"? EE appears as a 2-row toolbar and
a workspace inside your document. The workspace is enclosed by a dotted
rectangle. Are you clicking on the toolbar, inside the workspace, or
somewhere else?

4. What version of Word are you using?

Any information you can give in addition to the answers to these questions
would be most helpful.

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[Guest]

Thanks for trying to help!
I am using Microsoft Equation 3.0 in Word 2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1.
I can open EE without a problem, but when I click on any of the symbols on
the toolbar, the toolbar completely disappears and nothing happens in the
workspace although I can still see it.
The application is hosted on a Microsoft Server 2003 Standard edition.
I hope this information is helpful

 

[Guest]

Thanks for trying to help!
I am using Microsoft Equation 3.0 in Word 2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1.
I can open EE without a problem, but when I click on any of the symbols on
the toolbar, the toolbar completely disappears and nothing happens in the
workspace although I can still see it.
The application is hosted on a Microsoft Server 2003 Standard edition.
I hope this information is helpful

 

[Bob Mathews]

I am using Microsoft Equation 3.0 in Word 2003 (11.6502.6408) SP1.
I can open EE without a problem, but when I click on any of the
symbols on the toolbar, the toolbar completely disappears and
nothing happens in the workspace although I can still see it.

Hmm. I've never seen that particular problem before. I'll pass this along to
our Tech Support department to see if they have seen the problem before.
Meanwhile, I have a couple of suggestions:

1. Make sure your Equation Editor fonts are set up properly. To do this,
open EE, then click on Style > Define. These styles should be set to Symbol:
LC Greek, UC Greek, and Symbol. Everything else can be set to whatever you
want, but most likely you'll want these set to whatever your document in
Word is typed in.

2. If this doesn't fix your problem, you might consider downloading the
evaluation of MathType at the link below. You will have full functionality
of MathType for 30 days, then if you don't purchase it, it will shift to
MathType Lite, retaining all of Equation Editor's functionality plus a bit
more. Any equations you created during the evaluation period will remain
editable after the evaluation period.

--
Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com
Director of Training
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[Guest]

I have checked and all the styles are set to Symbol.
Yes, I would appreciate any other suggestions before I install MathType,
thanks!

 

[Bob Mathews]

And Topcat responded:

I have checked and all the styles are set to Symbol.
Yes, I would appreciate any other suggestions before I install
MathType, thanks!

Unfortunately, they haven't seen it either, and didn't have any information
on it. Feel free to start a dialog with them directly at "support at
dessci.com". Otherwise, my recommendation is still to install the MathType
evaluation.
--
Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com
Director of Training
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide