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                        Using MathPlayer with MathJax

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                        MathJax is a JavaScript renderer that displays MathML in all browsers, but MathPlayer only works with MathJax in Internet Explorer. When viewing a web page in IE and MathJax detects MathPlayer, it hands over rendering to MathPlayer because MathPlayer is much faster and MathPlayer is accessible. This is typically done automatically. However, some configurations of MathJax disable this automatic handover. If this happens, you can force MathJax to use MathML for that site. To do so:

                        1. Right click
                        2. Choose: MathSettings:MathRenderer:MathML
                        3. When you do so, you may get a dialog saying "Internet Explorer requires the MathPlayer plugin in order to process MathML output. Switch the renderer anyway?" You must click or tap "OK" in order to switch to MathPlayer. Also keep in mind the restrictions above with regard to using MathPlayer in IE11.

                        If you wish to get MathPlayer's contextual menu, you can do so by

                        1. Right click
                        2. Choose: MathSettings:MathPlayer:Menu Events

                        Once you switch to MathPlayer's contextual menu, you can temporarily switch to MathJax's menu by Alt+clicking an equation. This is a one-at-a-time switch. Once you dismiss the MathJax menu, subsequent right-clicks will result in the MathPlayer menu being displayed. You can switch the default contextual menu back to MathJax's menu by performing a similar procedure:

                        1. Alt+click
                        2. Choose: MathSettings:MathPlayer:Menu Events

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