3'rd Party Application to Allow Word 2007 Equation Compatibility

[Student_Driver]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Is anyone aware of a 3'rd party Add-In or application which will allow MS Word 2008 for Mac users to see and edit MS Word 2007 for Windows equations?

Am collaborating with a colleague on a financial journal article and am being killed. Can't wait for MS Office for Mac 2010.

Thanks.

 

[John McGhie]

MathType.

It's not a "Third Party" product -- Equation Editor is a cut-down version of
MathType.

However, whether MathType for the Mac will enable you to edit Equation
Editor 4 objects embedded by Word 2007 in a Word 2008 document is the
question.

The redoubtable Bob from Design Science will be along in a moment to answer
this question

Or: You could download the free 30-day trial of MathType from
http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/trial.asp and test it for
yourself.

We would be interested to know the result...

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
Is anyone aware of a 3'rd party Add-In or application which will allow MS Word
2008 for Mac users to see and edit MS Word 2007 for Windows equations?

Am collaborating with a colleague on a financial journal article and am being
killed. Can't wait for MS Office for Mac 2010.

Thanks.

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]

 

[Student_Driver]

John,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I did not fully understand your answer, unfortunately.

When you say: " Equation Editor is a cut-down version of
MathType", should I understand that the Equation Editor in Word 2007 for Windows is based on MathType?

I might not mind buying Math Type but if my colleague on Windows is required to buy MathType as well, then that might not be sensible.

My worst case option, as I see it, would be to buy MS Office 2007 for Windows and run it in Parallels 4.0 (on Win XP Pro OS).

How can I contact Bob from Science Design? Or will he chime in by virtue of his product being mentioned.

Many thanks for your patience and support.

Regards, Michael

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Michael:

When you say: " Equation Editor is a cut-down version of
MathType", should I understand that the Equation Editor in Word 2007 for
Windows is based on MathType?

No. You should understand that it IS an (older...) version of MathType.

I might not mind buying Math Type but if my colleague on Windows is required
to buy MathType as well, then that might not be sensible.

Good point. I an pretty sure that Equation Editor can open and edit
Mathtype: test it to find out.

My worst case option, as I see it, would be to buy MS Office 2007 for Windows
and run it in Parallels 4.0 (on Win XP Pro OS).

If you can wait to the end of the year, I think Office 2011 for Mac is
likely to solve the problem for you. It's designed to be much more
compatible with Office 2007.

How can I contact Bob from Science Design? Or will he chime in by virtue of
his product being mentioned.

I am surprised he hasn't already chimed in: he usually gets to these before
I do. Must have dozed off in the office. He'll be here in a few minutes.

If you haven't seen anything from him tomorrow, ping him via the Design
Science website: Bob Matthews is the man you want.

Cheers

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]

 

[Student_Driver]

John,

You have been very helpful. Thank you. I did, as you suggested, try the demo version of MathType and then attempted to re-open the Ms Word 2007 document from my colleague in my MS Work 2008:Mac with no Joy. The Equations which my colleague had created in MS Word 2007 were not visible (or editable) in my Word session.

Shame. Wonder if I am doing something wrong. I hope so, but am not optimistic.

Thanks again.

Michael

 

[John McGhie]

I hope you remembered to re-start the computer after installing MathType?

OS X needs to reset its internal pointers to ensure it starts the correct
version.

If it doesn't work, that's a pity: your only option would be to use Word
2007 in Parallels until Office 2011 comes along...

Sorry.

John,

You have been very helpful. Thank you. I did, as you suggested, try the demo
version of MathType and then attempted to re-open the Ms Word 2007 document
from my colleague in my MS Work 2008:Mac with no Joy. The Equations which my
colleague had created in MS Word 2007 were not visible (or editable) in my
Word session.

Shame. Wonder if I am doing something wrong. I hope so, but am not optimistic.

Thanks again.

Michael

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

 

[Bob Mathews]

Michael, John was right that I'd be here eventually; busy weekend
though, so I'm only seeing your message this morning (or tonight, if
you're in the same neck of the woods as he is). Unfortunately I don't
have good news though. Both Word 2008 and Word 2004 (with the right
update) will open a DOCX document created with Word 2007 for Windows.
Trouble is, the Word 2007 equations aren't in a format you can open on
the Mac.

John also mentioned MathType. There are 2 ways for you and your
colleague to successfully work on documents he created in Word 2007:

1. He can use Microsoft Equation 3.0 instead of Word 2007's new
equation editor. Both equation editors are included with Office 2007.
For him to access Microsoft Equation 3.0, it's on the Insert tab.
Click on Object (in the Text group), and choose Microsoft Equation 3.0
from the list. These equations will open on the Mac with no problem,
since Microsoft Equation 3.0 is also included with Office 2008. But
what about the equations he's already created? Read on...

2. This is where MathType comes in. MathType has a Convert Equations
command that will convert Word 2007 equations into MathType equations.
This will convert all of a document's equations at once. You'll also
need MathType in order to open these equations, since Microsoft
Equation 3.0 will not open MathType equations.

Hope that helps. I'll be able to respond in a more timely manner now
that my grandson has gone home.

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

On 29-Mar-2010, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

You have been very helpful. Thank you. I did, as you suggested, try
the demo version of MathType and then attempted to re-open the Ms Word
2007 document from my colleague in my MS Work 2008:Mac with no Joy.
The Equations which my colleague had created in MS Word 2007 were not
visible (or editable) in my Word session.

Shame. Wonder if I am doing something wrong. I hope so, but am not
optimistic.