Problem with old Equations in Word 2003

[Eitan Behar]

Hi,
I have a huge (old) document which when opened in Word 2003, the equations
are not displayed (I get a memory error message). After I convert a equation
to Microsoft Euation 3.0 (or just open and close it), it displays properly.
The old equations have the codes Equation.2, Equation.3, or Microsoft
Equation 3.0, after I edit the equation, the new code is Equation.2.
I have tried the same document on different computers (XP, Vista, Office
2003 with and without service packs).
The workaround I found is easy, but the document has thousands! of
equations. Is there a simple way to convert them all ? I tried to replace the
EMBED code and it didn't work.
Thanks in Advance.

 

[Bob Mathews]

If you're experienced with VBA, you could write a macro to do this,
and then your macro could convert each equation in the document by
running the macro just once. If you don't know how to write VBA
macros, Word has a Macro Recorder that you could use, but you wouldn't
be able to record a macro that would do the whole document. The best
you could do would be to have it find the next equation, open it up in
Equation Editor, then close Equation Editor. Then you'd have to run it
again for the next one. Faster than doing it manually, but still
time-consuming.

MathType has this exact macro already built in to Word's MathType
menu. You could get this macro by either buying MathType, or by
downloading and installing the 30-day evaluation. In either case
though, the equations would be MathType equations after you're
finished (not Equation Editor equations). If you're the only one who
needs to edit the document, I wouldn't imagine that would be a
problem. If someone else needs it though, he or she would only be able
to view the equations, not edit them. If you choose to go the
"evaluation" route, you will still be able to edit your equations,
even after the evaluation period expires. After the 30 days, MathType
will become MathType Lite, which has all of Equation Editor's
functionality and a little but -- but not much -- more. One of the
features it retains -- that you'll never have with Equation Editor --
is the ability to edit a MathType equation.

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Director of Training
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[Eitan Behar]

Great! I didn't think about using VBA. I will try it as soon as I get back to
the office. It seems that I will try also MathType, I have heard about a lot
of people using it.
Thanks,
Eitan