Equation editor in Powerpoint 12.0.1

[Ed]

How can I change the font color of equation produced by Equation
Editor?

BTW, it is very interesting that Equation Editor links to the MathType
6 website. MathType 6 is not yet available for the Mac. The current
version of MathType for the Mac needs VisualBasic.

Maybe I should go back to Powerpoint 2004. It is slightly more stable
than 2008, the speed bump for 2008 in the Intel chip is not
noticeable, and I can use the current version of MathType.

Ed

 

[Bob Mathews]

Short story short -- you can't. BTW, the MathType 6 website reference
you mention gives an estimate of June 2008 for the release of MathType
6 for Macintosh. This is still a good estimate, and this version of
MathType will allow you to change equation color in PowerPoint 2008,
as well as earlier versions of PPT.

http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype_mac/office2008.htm

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How can I change the font color of equation produced by
Equation Editor?

BTW, it is very interesting that Equation Editor links to the
MathType 6 website. MathType 6 is not yet available for the Mac.

< The current version of MathType for the Mac needs VisualBasic.

 

[Ed]

Short story short -- you can't. BTW, the MathType 6 website reference
you mention gives an estimate of June 2008 for the release of MathType
6 for Macintosh. This is still a good estimate, and this version of
MathType will allow you to change equation color in PowerPoint 2008,
as well as earlier versions of PPT.

http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype_mac/office2008.htm

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




< The current version of MathType for the Mac needs VisualBasic.

Thanks Bob.
I discovered that I can still paste equations from my old version of
of MathType. I'll continue to do this until MathType 6 is available.

MathType is GREAT. But, now that I have your attention, I like to see
a sans serif font in the next version of MathType.

Ed

 

[Bob Mathews]

MathType is GREAT. But, now that I have your attention, I like
to see a sans serif font in the next version of MathType.

Ed, I have to say that statement puzzles me. MathType has always had
sans serif fonts available. In fact, you can set MathType to use any
font on your system by going to Style > Define. Set the Primary Font
to Helvetica, Arial, or whatever you want.

Likewise, I see many MathType customers who are in the bad habit of
inserting an equation into a PPT slide without changing the size
first. It appears on the slide in 12pt, because that's what they were
using in Word, so they click on it and drag a corner to re-size it to
"PPT size". Please don't do that. It will eventually cause you
problems, but a more immediate, aesthetic reason not to size your
equations that way is that if you do, no 2 equations will be exactly
the same size. The correct way to do it is via the Size menu. Click on
Size > Define, then set the Full size to be the same as your PPT text.
Leave the other sizes as is. If you want a quick way to switch from
"Word size" to "PPT size", save each font/size combination as a
Preference File by clicking on Preferences > Equation Preferences >
Save to File. MathType will remember your most recent 4 Preference
Files, and it's easy to switch from one to the other with a click.

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Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
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