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                      When using Toggle TeX, sometimes inline equations become display equations

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                      Tech Note 164

                      Applicability

                      The information on this page applies to:
                      MathType for Windows
                      Microsoft Office for Windows
                      All supported versions of Word for Windows and Mac

                       

                       

                       

                      Issue

                      You're working with a Microsoft Word document. There are MathType equations in the document, but you want to edit them with TeX, rather than double-click to open them in MathType You use the shortcut key Alt+\, make your edits to the TeX, and use Alt+\ to "toggle" them back to MathType equations. You notice that some of the inline equations are now displayed equations when you do that.

                      Reason

                      MathType has a setting named "Inline Equation", either on or off. This setting is in MathType Format menu. Setting the "Inline Equation" value correctly depends on inserting the equations correctly. If you copy and paste an equation from MathType, MathType will not know where you will paste it into your document. Therefore, the value of "Inline Equation" will be whatever you manually set it to be in the Format menu. If you are copying an equation from one place in the document to paste into another, note that we do not recommend copying and pasting equations this way. Still, the value of "Inline Equation" will be whatever it was in the equation you copied.

                      Solution

                      This value will always be set correctly if you use any of these buttons on the MathType tab in Word:

                      If you insert equations into Word using these commands and subsequently toggle the equations to TeX, inline equations will remain inline equations. Display equations will remain display equations when you toggle back to MathType If you prefer to copy & paste from MathType into Word, be sure to verify the setting of "Inline Equation" in MathType Format menu before you copy the equation.

                      We hope this has been helpful. As always, please let us know if you have questions about this or if you have additional techniques that work. We'd love to hear from you.

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