Equation Editor - problem with fences

[ljh]

I am new to Equation Editor and having trouble with a particular fence.
Unfortunately I cannot cut and paste the example so I will try to explain my
problem using the keyboard.

There is a fence that looks like this: [ ] . When I choose this fence, the
top gets cut off, making it look like this: L (for the left side of the
equation and reversed for the right side of the equation). In other words,
the top is sliced off.

I cannot use the keyboard instead since it does not "grow" vertically with
the equations.

I've tried changing the default font and I've tried selecting different
styles : math, text, greek and so on. None of this works.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[ljh]

Writing this message helped me see the problem and so I have fixed it. It was
obvious once I started to describe it. In case anybody else has this problem
in the future, the equation was just large enough vertically to be outside
the window/box. I added a blank line on top of the equation so that a large
box/frame would display. Like cropping a picture too small, I was cutting off
the top most part of my equation.

 

[Bob Mathews]

There is a fence that looks like this: [ ] . When I choose this
fence, the top gets cut off, making it look like this: L (for the
left
side of the equation and reversed for the right side of the
equation).
In other words, the top is sliced off.

and then:

Writing this message helped me see the problem and so I have
fixed it. It was obvious once I started to describe it. In case
anybody
else has this problem in the future, the equation was just large
enough vertically to be outside the window/box. I added a blank line
on top of the equation so that a large box/frame would display. Like
cropping a picture too small, I was cutting off the top most part of
my
equation.

You've discovered one way to fix the problem, but you shouldn't have
to add that extra line. Could it be that the problem lies with your
paragraph spacing? Click on Format > Paragraph, and about halfway down
on the right side, you see a couple of drop-down boxes for Line
Spacing. The default value for line spacing is Single, but other
values will work. If your value is set to "Exactly" a certain value,
this is probably what's cutting your equations off at the top.

--
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[ljh]

Dear Bob,
As you suggested I took a look at the paragraph spacing and it is set at
"single".
If I change this, don't I change it for the entire document? I don't want to
do this. Can I simply change the default size of the object box into which
the Equation Editor writes?
--
thanks from ljh

There is a fence that looks like this: [ ] . When I choose this
fence, the top gets cut off, making it look like this: L (for the
left
side of the equation and reversed for the right side of the
equation).
In other words, the top is sliced off.

and then:

Writing this message helped me see the problem and so I have
fixed it. It was obvious once I started to describe it. In case
anybody
else has this problem in the future, the equation was just large
enough vertically to be outside the window/box. I added a blank line
on top of the equation so that a large box/frame would display. Like
cropping a picture too small, I was cutting off the top most part of
my
equation.

You've discovered one way to fix the problem, but you shouldn't have
to add that extra line. Could it be that the problem lies with your
paragraph spacing? Click on Format > Paragraph, and about halfway down
on the right side, you see a couple of drop-down boxes for Line
Spacing. The default value for line spacing is Single, but other
values will work. If your value is set to "Exactly" a certain value,
this is probably what's cutting your equations off at the top.

--
Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com
Director of Training
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[Bob Mathews]

As you suggested I took a look at the paragraph spacing and it
is set at "single".
If I change this, don't I change it for the entire document? I don't
want to do this.

No. That's a paragraph setting. There are two ways to change it for
the entire document -- you could select all the text of the document
(Edit > Select All) then change the paragraph settings, or you could
change the paragraph settings for Normal style. The second method is a
better practice.

Can I simply change the default size of the object box into
which the Equation Editor writes?

No. That's not one of the format adjustments Equation Editor allows.

I also realized that I didn't confirm the problem occurs on the
display screen -- not only when you print. I just assumed it happened
immediately when you exit Equation Editor.

--
Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com
Director of Training
http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news
FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5
Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

 

[little_creature]

Hi,
As indicated the problem is caused by the setting line-spacing -exact in
Paragraf Style. I have a lot of Eq. so what I usually do is following:
prepare a template with BODY style which can be set to EXACT line spacing
and then one called EQUATIONS which is set to single spacing and then I just
apply this for all my eq. This the easies way how to keep your document
consistent in style so all your paragraphs looks same.

There is a fence that looks like this: [ ] . When I choose this
fence, the top gets cut off, making it look like this: L (for the
left
side of the equation and reversed for the right side of the
equation).
In other words, the top is sliced off.

and then:

Writing this message helped me see the problem and so I have
fixed it. It was obvious once I started to describe it. In case
anybody
else has this problem in the future, the equation was just large
enough vertically to be outside the window/box. I added a blank line
on top of the equation so that a large box/frame would display. Like
cropping a picture too small, I was cutting off the top most part of
my
equation.

You've discovered one way to fix the problem, but you shouldn't have
to add that extra line. Could it be that the problem lies with your
paragraph spacing? Click on Format > Paragraph, and about halfway down
on the right side, you see a couple of drop-down boxes for Line
Spacing. The default value for line spacing is Single, but other
values will work. If your value is set to "Exactly" a certain value,
this is probably what's cutting your equations off at the top.