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 If you need easy-to-make, good-looking mathematical equations in Word Word or WordPerfect documents, PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets or on the web, you may have a free tool at your fingertips. Bundled with Microsoft Office and later versions of WordPerfect is Equation Editor®, a scaled-down version of Mathtype®, which probably will provide you with most of your equation writing needs. In most office applications, you find Equation Editor® using the Insert, Object, Create New command sequence and scrolling down to find Microsoft Equation 3.0 and hitting OK. (Note that you may have to install the equation editor if you did not install all of the Office features when Office was installed.). In WordPerfect, the sequence is Insert, Equation. The EE (Equation Editor ®) opens in a separate window where you use a tablet of tools to generate your mathematical expression. In actuality, EE generates a graphic image of the expression (a GIF) that can be copied, pasted, and resized much like any other graphic image and which reproduces well in both print and online media. When you are satisfied with your expression, close EE and the graphic will be inserted in your original document as an OLE object at the cursor location. Unlike some images, however, expressions generated in EE and inserted in Office (and WordPerfect ) documents will remain as OLE objects and be editable by selecting the expression and double clicking to open it in EE. When pasted into non-Office applications, the expression graphic may or may not be editable depending upon whether the application supports OLE. The following are sources of good information on using EE in Office applications and in WordPerfect:
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