Tips for Using Microsoft Word Equation
Editor
Dennis Silverman, UC Irvine,
Physics and Astronomy
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You get to equation editor by:
Insert-Object-Microsoft Equation 3.0
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You can then also check Display Icon
to make an icon on the toolbar.
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Pressing F1 while in equation editor
gives the help facility for it.
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You can use Format-Text to change from
italics to text font.
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You can use Size to reset the size
for all equations.
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ctrl+G puts the keyboard in greek mode,
and then "a" gives alpha, for one symbol.
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ctrl+shift+G puts the keyboard into
capital Greek mode
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ctrl+K (none of the letters are capitalized,
just the symbols on the keys) followed by:
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T gives the times symbol
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I gives infinity
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A gives arrow right
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D gives partial derivative
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< gives less than or equal
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> gives greater than or equal
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ctrl+H puts you into superscript mode
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tab right takes you out
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ctrl+L puts you into subscript mode
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ctrl+J assigns both a superscript and
a subscript
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ctrl+F brings up a fraction pair of
boxes
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ctrl+shift+B goes into matrix-vector
mode
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ctrl+9 or ctrl+0 gives (
)
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ctrl+[ gives [ ]
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ctrl+{ gives { }
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There is another web page for editing
equations in the text itself for Microsoft Word.