RE an old question: PPT X - Equation Colors

[MD Hills]

September 1993, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
| How do I change the color of an equation from black to another
color? I am
| running PPT-Office X.
|
| I have both equation editor and MathType (OS9-only application).
Neither of
| these allow changing
| font color.
|
| I tried "format object: recolor" in PPT, but it says there is
nothing to
| reformat.
|
| Anyone have a workaround?

A guy in my lab just encountered this.His solution for using equation
editor was to
get it sized how he wanted, then to "ungroup" the equation (this
converts the object
into constituent picture elements -- you won't be able to edit the
equation in equation editor
after this). Then you can select the pieces, group them, and change
the font color...

I don't know how robust this is across all equations, but it might be
easier than
converting in picture editors.

No idea if this has changed in Office 2004.

Matt

 

[Bob Mathews]

A guy in my lab just encountered this.His solution for using
equation editor was to get it sized how he wanted, then to
"ungroup" the equation (this converts the object into
constituent picture elements -- you won't be able to edit the
equation in equation editor after this). Then you can select
the pieces, group them, and change the font color...

Well, like the subject line said, this was an old question. Even
so, it's an ongoing issue for those who are using EE in PPT,
whether Mac or Windows, regardless of the OS. Your solution works
fine, but is an awful lot of trouble. For more than the
occasional equation that needs to be colored in PPT, MathType is
well worth the investment. MathType lets you color all or part of
your equation, mixing colors if you want.

No idea if this has changed in Office 2004.

Nope. Not with Equation Editor. MathType 5.1 for Mac is
compatible with Office 2004 though, and behaves as described
above. A 30-day test drive is available at the link in my sig.
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