Dialogs

Use this dialog to open an equation file for editing. MathType 7 can edit any equation it creates, so choose from EPS, GIF, PDF (Mac only), PICT (Mac only), WMF (Windows only), "Equation files of any type" (Windows only), or "All files". Choosing "All files" is only for convenience and help in finding the file you need. It doesn't literally mean MathType 7 is able to open any file on your computer.

Use this dialog to save an equation as an individual file. Although you will most likely save equations in word processing documents using OLE or EGO, saving an equation as a file is useful for exchanging equations with other people, moving equations to other computers, saving as EPS for use in desktop publishing applications, or saving them as GIF for use in Internet publishing.

File Formats

MathType can save equations in several file formats. Use the Save as type pull-down menu to choose a format. No matter which format you choose, you can always open the equation file for later editing or use.

Automatic File Numbering

If you intend to create many equation files for import into another application (e.g. EPS files for import into a desktop publishing document or GIF files for a World Wide Web document), it can be handy to give them numbered file names, like "eqn003.eps". MathType can help you do this by automatically filling in the File name box in the Save As dialog with a name that follows a pattern you supply.

To enable this feature, check the Automatic file numbering option. MathType will then automatically generate a new file name using the pattern in the File name pattern box and the number in the Next number box. For example, if you enter a pattern of "eqn#" and a next number of 8, the next 3 equations you save will have names of "eqn8", "eqn9", and "eqn10".

Use several consecutive #s to indicate make the number part of the name have a particular width. In the above example, if you had entered a pattern of "eqn####", the file names would have been "eqn0008", "eqn0009", and "eqn0010". This will make them sort in a more natural order in sorted lists.

You may change the File name pattern or the Next number boxes at any time; for example, to indicate that the equations belong to a different chapter of your book, or to start the sequence at a new number.

This File menu command opens your operating system's Page Setup dialog. There is not a separate Page Setup dialog for MathType 7

This File menu command opens your operating system's Print dialog. There is not a separate Print dialog for MathType 7

This is one of MathType most powerful dialogs. Some of the tasks you can perform are:

Dialog overview

The Insert Symbol dialog is divided into 3 vertical sections by 2 horizontal dividing lines:

View by

This section consists of the View by menu and the items to the right of it (those above the line running under the menu). The items in this section control which characters are displayed in the Symbol grid. Here are the View by choices and how they work:

The current description-matching criteria will be displayed in the Description contains item.

Symbol grid

This section consists of 128 character cells that show the characters selected using the View by options. If Font or Style was chosen in the View by menu, the Range listbox and the Show all ranges checkbox will be visible. If Description was chosen in the View by menu, the Description contains text item and the Show one of each checkbox will be visible instead.

This dialog is used to set the character description search criteria for the Insert Symbol dialog. You can enter a text string that must match a character's description in order to appear in the symbol grid.

The match string

This text string can contain:

Examples:

For simplicity, lets assume the character descriptions that we are trying to match are the following (instead of the thousands MathType actually contains):

Notes

One method of preparing documents that can be read aloud with assistive technology (AT) is with the Publish to MathPage command in Word, and using MathML for the equations. Generally the default speech spoken by MathPlayer is appropriate, but there may be situations where you need it to speak text that's slightly different from the default. MathType provides a means for you to specify the text to speak.

Example:

MathPlayer 4.0's standard text for the first fraction will be fraction 60 miles over hour end fraction. You'd like for MathPlayer to speak this text: 60 miles per hour. Select the first fraction in your equation, open the Custom Speech Text dialog, and type that text into the dialog. Click OK. In fact, you might want to also configure the dot to be spoken as "times" instead of "dot", and the other fractions to be spoken similarly to the first one.

Open the Zoom dialog from the Other command of the Zoom flyout in the View menu. This dialog allows you to change the scale at which you see equations in MathType Increase the zoom scale to make it easier to see fine details of your equations. Reduce it to see more of your equations on screen. The zoom scale will not affect the size of equations in word processing documents or when they are printed.

Magnification

Select one of the preset magnification levels of 800%, 400%, 200%, or 100%, or select Custom to enter a different zoom level between 25% and 800% (e.g., 150%).

This dialog is used to view and/or modify the spacing dimensions for the entire equation or for new equations. Click in one of the spacing values to view a descriptive picture to the right that gives you an idea of where the particular dimension will be used in your equations.

Most spacing dimensions are distances. These distances can be entered in specific distance units or as a percentage of the Full typesize. The latter allows the spacing to change in proportion to the size you assign to Full in the Define Sizes dialog.

A few spacing values are percentages of some normal value, rather than distances. These are indicated in the spacing value description as (% of normal) and can only be entered as percentages. For example, the operator spacing setting is such a value. MathType 7 determines the spacing between operators and the variables to which they are applied according to the rules of mathematical typesetting but, if you desire, you can reduce this spacing by entering a percentage of less than 100%. Similarly, you can add more spacing by entering a percentage of greater than 100%.

Use for new equations

If this option is checked, the spacing dimensions will be changed both for the current equation and for new equations you create from that point on (see New Equation Preferences). If you uncheck this option, the spacing dimensions will affect only the current equation.

Default Settings

Click this button to restore the spacing dimensions in this dialog to the default settings.

The Edit Color dialog has the same appearance and options as the New Color dialog, the difference being whether you are editing an existing color or adding a new one to the color menu. This dialog allows you to change the color attributes of the color selected in the Edit Color Menu dialog, or add a new color. Many of these attributes are only important if you plan to save your equations as EPS files for importing into publishing applications like QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign. We'll refer to such applications here as publishing apps and the documents they create as publishing docs. For more detailed explanations of color printing, please refer to your publishing app's documentation.

Name

The name of a color will be shown in the color menu. It is also important in the creation of color EPS files.

It is important to use the same color names in MathType 7 as you used in your publishing docs. This way, like-named colors will be printed on the same color separation.

Printing separation

The two methods of color printing are Process and Spot:

Process color uses four ink colors: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (also called CMYK). Other colors are printed using small dots of these colors in varying amounts.

Spot color uses ink of the specific color created by mixing inks of other colors.

Model

Colors can be specified using either the RGB model or the CMYK model:

RGB allows you to specify colors in terms of amounts of red, blue, and green. This is what you will normally use if you are coloring equations for use in presentations and simple printing.

CMYK allows you to specify colors in terms of amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This color model is more appropriate for use in publishing docs, especially when printing using process colors.

Color values

Red Green Blue Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

Depending on whether you choose the RGB or CMYK color model, you can specify a color using 3 or 4 values, respectively. Each value is a percentage of the indicated color's intensity with 0% meaning to use none of the color and 100% meaning full intensity. You may enter numbers in 1/10ths of a percent if you wish. If you'd rather enter RGB values from 0 to 255, you may do this by clicking Color picker, then Define Custom Colors. On that dialog, you may define colors using HSL values or RGB values.

If you are importing equations as EPS files into a publishing app, the color name is more important than the actual color values you use in MathType since the definition of the like-named color in the publishing document will take precedence. All you need to do in MathType 7 is choose a color that is visually close to the color used in the publishing doc.

Color picker

Click this button to display the standard Windows or Mac Color picker dialog. See the Other Color dialog for details.

This dialog allows you to:

Always on menu

This list of colors consists of those colors that are always displayed in the color menu. The checked color is the current default equation color. The default equation color is the initial color used for all new equations you create. Changing the default color will not affect the current equation nor any other equations you have already created.

Other colors/Other colors in use

This list of colors consists of any other colors used in the equation in windows you currently have open.

Up/Down or Move Up/Move Down

Click these buttons to move the currently selected menu color up or down in the list, allowing you to put more frequently used colors near the top of the menu for easier access.

Set as default…

Click this button to choose the selected color as the default for new equations. Whenever you create a new equation, any characters you type will be given this color until you change the current color. Setting a new color as default does not affect the current equation.

New…

Click this button to add a new color to the menu. The Edit/New Color dialog will be displayed to allow you to define the new color. The new color will initially be a copy of the selected color.

Edit…

Click this button to display the Edit Color dialog, allowing you to edit the selected color.

Default Settings

Click this button to set the Color menu back its original, newly-installed state.

You can open this dialog (actually labeled Color on Windows, shown above, and Colors on Mac, shown below) one of several ways:

Like the Print dialog described above, this is not a dialog unique to MathType 7 This is the same Color dialog you would open if you are choosing a text color, for example, in Microsoft Word.

Use this dialog to control the vertical alignment of a fence template (brackets, braces, parentheses, etc.) with the rest of the line in which it resides. This dialog also allows you to set the default alignment for new fence templates. The template affected is the currently selected fence template or the one containing the insertion point.

Alignment options

Although the pictures above the three choices are intended to show how each affects alignment, the easiest way to see the effect of this control is to try it.

Here is a more technical description of the 3 choices:

Default for new templates

These buttons allow you to select the default alignment for new fence templates you insert in your equation from now on. You can have a different default for the group of fence templates that have "pointy" characters from those that do not. This is because pointy fences need to be aligned with the math axis to look good but this is not as important for the others.

This dialog is used to change the line spacing of the line or lines in the current selection, or the line containing the insertion point. Line spacing is measured from the baseline of the line whose spacing is being changed to the baseline of the line below it.

You may choose from among this list of units for line spacing:

Please note that changing line spacing in this dialog does not affect the line spacing used throughout the equation or for new equations. This can be changed in the Define Spacing dialog.

Default Settings (some versions say "Factory Settings")

Click this button to restore the line spacing to the default settings of 150%.

This dialog is used to define or modify the attributes of a matrix template. To create a new matrix, use a matrix template. To modify an existing matrix, select it or place the insertion point anywhere in it and choose Matrix from the Format menu. There are other options in the Matrix sub-menu of the Format menu. The Matrix dialog will appear when you choose Change Matrix.

Matrix size

Equal column widths

Check this option to force all the columns of the matrix to have the same width.

Column alignment

Choose either Left, Center, Right, At = (relational symbol), or At . (decimal point) to align all the matrix elements in all columns. In the current version of MathType it is not possible to apply alignment to a single column.

Equal row heights

Check this option to force all the rows of the matrix to have the same height.

Row alignment

Choose either Top, Baseline, or Bottom to align all the matrix elements in all rows. In the current version of MathType it is not possible to apply alignment to a single row.

Partition lines

The preview image of the matrix allows you to add partition lines between the rows and columns of the matrix, as well as around the edges. Click between the elements to change the style of the line between the elements. Each click selects a different line style, rotating through solid, dashed, dotted, and none (no line at all). Compare:

Clear all lines

Click to remove all partition lines.

This dialog allows you to change the font and character style assigned to each style for the entire equation or for new equations.

This dialog has two panes, Simple and Advanced, that let you modify the styles in two different ways.

Simple

The settings on this pane allow you to quickly change the most common options. Choosing a Primary font assigns this font to the Text, Function, Variable, Vector-Matrix and Number styles. The Vector-Matrix style is set to bold and non-italic, while the other styles are all set to non-bold and non-italic, except for Italic variables which is controlled by its own checkbox. Choosing a Greek and math fonts option sets the L.C. Greek, U.C. Greek, Symbol and Extra Math styles to the given font set. The first font is assigned to L.C. Greek, U.C. Greek, and Symbol, and the second font is assigned to Extra Math. The bold and italic character styles are also turned off for these styles, except for Italic lower-case Greek which is controlled by its own checkbox.

The above rules for Simple mode are outlined in the table below:

If you make changes in the Advanced pane such that the above patterns of font and character style no longer apply, when you switch to the Simple pane the settings for Primary font and/or Greek and math fonts will be blank. Either choose new options, which will reset the bold and italic character styles to the default settings, or return to the Advanced pane to make minor changes.

Advanced

Use this mode to get finer control over your style assignments. You can assign a different font and character style to each of the 11 styles.

Use for new equations

If this option is checked, the style settings will be changed both for the current equation and for new equations you create from that point on (see New Equation Preferences). If you uncheck this option, the style settings will affect only the current equation .

Default Settings

Click this button to restore the style settings in this dialog to the default settings.

Support for international keyboards

If your primary written language uses a non-Roman character set (e.g. Greek, Cyrillic), you probably have more than one logical keyboard installed on your computer (Input Locales in the Keyboard section of the Windows Control Panel) that you can switch between using either a keyboard shortcut or the keyboard menu in the System Tray, next to the clock in the Windows Taskbar. If you don't have one now, you may want to add one to make it easier to type Roman alphabet characters for math. Most mathematics in the world uses the Roman alphabet, and since many non-English keyboard layouts have replaced some of the useful math keys (e.g. +, <, >) by alternate characters, it is often more convenient to have both an English keyboard and a non-English keyboard installed.

MathType 7 has a special feature for users that have multiple logical keyboards. You can cause the current style to switch to Text whenever you switch to the keyboard for your native language and switch back to math when you switch to the English keyboard. Similarly, you can make the keyboard switch whenever you change style to Text and switch back when you choose a different style, presumably to type more math.

If you have multiple logical keyboards, the Language/Keyboard section, shown here, will be displayed at the bottom of the Define Styles dialog.

Text style

This menu allows you to choose the keyboard to associate with the Text style. Whenever you switch to the keyboard chosen here, MathType 7 will switch the current style to Text and vice-versa. To break this association, choose Any.

Other styles

This menu allows you to choose the keyboard to associate with all styles except Text. Whenever you switch to the keyboard chosen here, MathType 7 will switch the current style to Math and vice versa. To break this association, choose Any.

Use this dialog to assign a particular font and character style to selected characters or subsequently typed characters.

We recommend that you use styles rather than explicit fonts and character styles as much as possible, to take advantage of MathType 7 "intelligent" application of mathematical typesetting rules.

This dialog is used to view and/or modify the absolute or relative sizes assigned to typesizes for the entire expression or for new expressions. Click in one of the typesize values to view a descriptive picture to the right that gives you an idea of where the particular size will be used in your equations.

Changing the main font size of equations

The main font size of an equation is the point size used for most of the equation, as opposed to the size used for subscripts and large symbols, like summation signs and integrals. In MathType 7 system of typesizes, the main font size is called Full size. To make it easy to change the font size of equations as a whole without changing the proportions between the various sizes, MathType 7 allows you to define all of the other typesizes as percentages of the Full size. So, to change the size of the equation as a whole, you can just enter a new point size for Full size, and all of the other typesizes will be changed relative to it. If you wish to assign sizes that are not relative to Full size, you can assign absolute sizes to any or all of the typesizes in units of inches, centimeters, points, or picas.

Use for new equations

If this option is checked, the sizes will be changed both for the current equation and for new equations you create from that point on (see New Equation Preferences). If you uncheck this option, the size settings will affect only the current equation.

Default Settings

Click this button to restore the sizes in this dialog to the default settings.

Use this dialog to assign a particular point size to selected characters or subsequently typed characters. You must enter the size in points (decimal fractions are allowed).

We recommend that you use a system of typesizes rather than explicit sizes as much as possible, to take advantage of MathType 7 "intelligent" application of mathematical typesetting rules.

This dialog allows you to review, assign, and remove keyboard shortcuts for all MathType commands, symbols, and templates. Characters that were recently inserted using the Insert Symbol dialog and characters that currently have shortcuts assigned to them are also shown here. Use the Insert Symbol dialog to assign keyboard shortcuts to other characters.

Command. This pane shows all of MathType commands, symbols, and templates organized in a tree hierarchy. Click on each item in the tree to see the item's description shown in the Description box. Items with an icon to the left are categories of commands. Click on the icon to expand and collapse the tree to hide and show the submenus. All non-category items represent commands, symbols, and templates to which you can assign keyboard shortcuts.

Description. This area displays a description of the item currently selected in the Command pane.

Close. Clicking this button closes the dialog. There is no Cancel button. Use the Reset all button to restore all shortcuts to their default settings or the Reset selection button to restore an individual item.

Reset all. Click this button to restore all shortcuts to their default settings.

Reset selection. Click this button to restore the keyboard shortcuts for the currently selected command, symbol, or template to its default settings.

These dialog items are described in Assigning and Removing Keyboard Shortcuts:

This dialog allows you to specify what kind of information will be placed on the clipboard whenever you use the Cut or Copy commands on the Edit menu, or when you drag & drop an equation from the MathType 7 editing window. (For the remainder of this topic, when we use the terms cut, copy, and/or paste, the same behavior applies to drag & drop, but we will not explicitly state such.) Normally, Cut or Copy will place a graphic image of the selected part of the equation onto the clipboard, ready to be pasted into a document. However, using the options in this dialog, you can have the selected equation or fragment translated into text in one of the computer languages or for one of the applications or websites for which a translator is available.

Equation object (Windows OLE Graphic; Mac PICT)

Click this option to place an equation object on the clipboard. This is the default and is normally used to transfer equation material between one MathType 7 window and another, or between a MathType 7 window and another application, such as a word processor. When you paste an equation into another application's window, how it is handled depends on that application. If the application is EGO- (Mac) or OLE-compatible, it will be treated as a new EGO or OLE object. If the application is not EGO- or OLE-compatible, it will be treated as a graphic image.

MathML or TeX

MathType 7 is supplied with several translators that allow equations to be translated into other computer languages, TeX and MathML. Click this option to cause MathType 7 to translate the selected equation whenever you use the Cut or Copy command.

Use this listbox to choose from one of the translators currently available to MathType 7 The text of each list item describes the computer language (or variant) that the translator can translate equations into. In addition to the translators that are installed as part of the MathType 7 product, there may be other translators available from third-party sources. It is also possible to create your own translator or modify an existing one. See Working With MathML and Working With TeX for information on the translators that are installed with MathType 7

Include translator name in translation

This option instructs the translator software to place the name of the translator in the translation. This is used by MathType 7 integration with Microsoft Word to allow its Convert Equations command to find the equations in the document. If you are using MathType 7 with a TeX application instead of Word, you should leave this option unchecked. Some translators may ignore this option.

Include MathType 7 data in translation

This option instructs the translator software to place MathType 7 equation representation in the translation. This allows the equation to be pasted back into MathType 7 for later editing and should normally be checked. Some translators may ignore this option.

Equation for application or website

Many applications and websites accept TeX or MathML, but may mark it up in a special way, or with special delimiters. For example, instead of $\frac{1}{2}$, some applications want [math]\frac{1}{2}[/math]. By selecting the appropriate application or website from this list and copying the equation from MathType 7 you don't have to worry about specific formats for your favorite applications & sites.

MathType 7 automatically recognizes standard mathematical function names like "sin" and "log", and applies the Function style to them. You can use this dialog to customize the set of functions MathType 7 will automatically recognize.

Removing a function

To remove a function from automatic recognition, select its name in the list box and then click Remove. If you feel you have removed a function by mistake, you can click Cancel to discard your changes or Reset to restore the list of functions to MathType default settings .

Although you might have removed a function from automatic recognition, you still can give a specific function name the proper style using commands on the Style menu.

Adding a function

To add a function to the list, type its name in the New function box, then click Add.

Limitations on new functions

Functions can consist of up to 15 characters, each of which must be a character that MathType 7 would normally place in the variable style, which means accented and un-accented alphabetic characters only. Punctuation, numerals, and operators are not allowed.

The Load Equation Preferences dialog, and the next 2 listed below, are available through the Equation Preferences flyout of the Preferences menu. You can use this dialog to load an equation preference file that was saved earlier using the Save Preferences dialog. If you want to change the equation preferences of several or all equations in a Microsoft Word document, use the format equations command from Word. See Format Equations dialog. This dialog works like any other File Open dialog, with an additional checkbox item described below.

Use for new equations

If this option is checked, the equation preferences will be used both for the current equation and for new equations you create from that point on (see New Equation Preferences). If you uncheck this option, the equation preferences will affect only the current equation.

Use this dialog to control whether you want to reset equation preferences (sizes, styles, and spacing) to the default settings for the current equation and, optionally, for new equations you create from now on. Uncheck Use for new equations if you only want to change the preferences for the current equation.

This dialog appears whenever you open an existing equation preferences file by selecting it from the Preferences menu or by dropping it onto MathType Click OK to set the equation preferences for the current equation as specified in the file, or Cancel to quit.

Use for new equations

If this option is checked, the equation preferences will be used both for the current equation and for new equations you create from that point on (see New Equation Preferences). If you uncheck this option, the equation preferences will affect only the current equation.

Use this dialog to make choices that affect editing of equations from within your word processor and other OLE-compatible applications.

Edit in a separate window instead of in-place (Windows only)

Check this option if you prefer editing equations in a separate window from your word-processing document. This can make editing easier by allowing you to work at a different zoom level than in your word processor so you can more easily see small characters, like superscripts, primes, and dots.

Uncheck this option if you prefer editing equations directly in the document. Some applications may not support this feature. In this case, editing will always be in a separate window.

Edit Equation Editor OLE objects with MathType 7 (Mac only)

Check this option if you want to use MathType to edit equations that were created with the Equation Editor program included with Microsoft Office. When checked, any time you double-click one of these equations for editing, a MathType window will open containing the equation, instead of an Equation Editor window. We recommend you leave this option checked.

(Both Mac and Windows) If you need to collaborate with other authors who do not own MathType we recommend they download the MathType 7 trial. See Collaborating with Equation Editor users for more details.

Don't show 'Save Changes' dialog (Windows adds for separate window)

Check this option if you want to suppress display of the Save Changes dialog that normally appears when you close the equation window after making changes. Your changes will then be saved into the document automatically.

Startup in server mode (Windows only)

Check this option if you prefer that MathType start in server mode whenever you edit an equation for the first time in an editing session. This makes equation editing more responsive but you must exit MathType separately when you are finished working with equations.

Use this dialog to save a preference file containing the equation preferences from the current equation or the New Equation Preferences. Preference files created here may be used in the following situations:

This dialog works like any other File Save dialog.

This dialog allows you to:

Bitmap resolution

Use these items to set the resolution (dpi) of the GIF equation files you save from now on. The preset values are: 72 dpi, 96 dpi, and 120 dpi. Current screen (nnn dpi) shows the resolution that your monitor is currently running at, and Other allows you to enter any other dpi to use when saving GIFs. For example, 300 or 600 dpi is good for print quality GIFs.

Bitmap background

Use the Change button to bring up the Color dialog to set a new background color.

Smoothing will be performed using the background color, as described above, even when the Transparent option is checked. In this case, non-transparent pixels will be generated around the edges of the characters. The colors of these pixels will be just as they would if the Transparent option was not checked. This will only look good if the background color of the web page is close to the background color set in this dialog. The closer they are, the more effective the smoothing will be. If the background is highly patterned, you may find equations look better with the Smooth edges option turned off.

Copy HTML/text to clipboard on GIF file save

Check this option if you want MathType to put a fragment of HTML (or any other text) on the clipboard every time you save an equation in GIF format. This is useful when you run MathType at the same time as your favorite web page editor. After you create and save each equation, just switch to your editor and paste the HTML code or other text in.

Use this dialog to change settings that affect MathType working environment.

Toolbar size

You can use this section to make the toolbar larger, in case you find the toolbar icons too small to see easily, or to make it smaller, if it is taking up too much space on the screen. You can also make the toolbar take up less screen space by hiding unused bars (see the View menu).

Insertion point thickness

You can use this section to choose an insertion point thickness that suits you.

Empty slot thickness

In normal view (see Show Nesting on the View menu), empty slots are displayed as dotted boxes. Use this section to set a thickness that suits you. You can also set the color used for empty slots (see Empty slot color below)

Ruler units

Use this menu to set the spacing units for the graduation marks displayed in the ruler to either inches, centimeters, points, or picas.

User interface language

If you have MathType installed in more than one language, this item appears in Workspace Preferences. With the dropdown list, you can change the language used for the MathType 7 user interface menus, titles, and tooltip/status bar text. When you change MathType 7 language, you must restart MathType for it to take effect.

Colors

Show character and template codes in the status bar

Check this option to show the character and template codes in the Status Bar. These will be displayed when the mouse pointer is over a toolbar cell containing a symbol or template and in the Insert Symbol dialog. These character codes are useful to translator writers, for example.

Allow TeX language entry from the keyboard

Check this option to allow keyboard entry of a subset of TeX that is supported by Wikipedia. See Working With TeX and Using TeX Language Input.

Show all instructional messages again

Occasionally, a one-time message will appear explaining different features of MathType These can be turned off on the message dialog. To have these messages appear again, check this option.

This dialog allows you to unlock MathType to enable full functionality.

To unlock MathType you must have a valid product key. You can obtain one by purchasing a copy of MathType either directly from us or from a dealer. You can purchase MathType online from our secure web store, contact us directly via email at sales@wiris.com, or by phone at (800) 827‑0685 (U.S. and Canada) or (562) 432‑2920 (rest of the world).

This dialog allows you to:

Description for expression

This item defines the text that will be displayed in the status bar when the mouse pointer is over the toolbar cell. If you have defined a keyboard shortcut for the expression, it will be displayed as well.

Edit expression…

Click this button to open a new equation window containing the expression. Once you have made changes, just close the window and save the expression.

Default units for ruler graduations are inches. If you prefer to work in centimeters, points, or picas, you can double-click the ruler to bring up the Ruler Units dialog. Make your choice of ruler units and click OK.

This dialog allows you to edit the text in the toolbar tabs and also assign a keyboard shortcut that brings the tab to the front. To display this dialog, simply double-click on the tab you want to edit or right-click it and choose Properties.

You can use the Equation Conversion Manager to control the kinds of equations for which MathType will be the designated editor. For example, once you have installed MathType 7 double-clicking an equation you created using the DeltaGraph Equation 2.1, as in the example above, will automatically convert it to a MathType 7 equation. If you don't like this, Equation Conversion Manager is the tool you use to change it.

Running the Equation Conversion Manager

To run the Equation Conversion Manager, simply choose it from the MathType 7 sub-menu of the Windows Start menu. A dialog will be displayed with two lists of equation types:

Use the two Move buttons in between the lists to move selected equation types from one list to the other.

Show equation types for

This part of the dialog allows you to show just those equation types for which the editor is installed (installed editors only) or show all equation types even for those that are part of products you do not own (all MathType 7 editors). The latter choice allows you to decide which editor is used for equations contained in a document that an associate might give to you.

Details

Click this button to see details of each equation editor's OLE registration. This is information that is only useful for troubleshooting OLE problems.

MathType 7 Details

Click this button to see details of MathType OLE registration. This is information that is only useful for troubleshooting OLE problems

This dialog is displayed when MathType is started in "server mode". Normally when you edit equations using the Insert Object command, use the Insert Equation toolbar button, or double-click an equation in your word processor or other OLE-compatible application, MathType is started and stopped each time. Server mode avoids the frequent starting and stopping by keeping MathType running during your entire equation editing session.

There are several ways to start MathType in server mode:

When MathType is running in server mode, it will stay running until you click Exit in the MathType 7 Server dialog or, optionally, you can use the timeout feature that will automatically terminate MathType after it has been idle for a length of time you specify (see Delay before exit when no equation windows are open, described below). See Object Editing Preferences dialog and MathType's Command Line Options.

New Equation

Click this button to open a new, untitled equation window. This command is the same as the New command on the File menu.

Open Equation…

Click this button to open an existing equation file. This command is the same as the Open command on the File menu.

Help

Open the MathType 7 documentation to this page.

Start MathType 7 in server mode on first use

Check this option if you want MathType to start in server mode whenever you do the first OLE equation editing operation. This option is also available in the Object Editing Preferences dialog.

Delay before exit when no equation windows are open

This menu allows you to choose the length of time before MathType will automatically terminate after it has been idle. Any kind of equation editing operation or just viewing this dialog will reset the timer. If you choose Forever from this menu, MathType will only exit when you click Exit in this dialog or from the File menu of an equation window.

Exit

Click this button to terminate MathType immediately. If there are any equation windows open that contain unsaved changes, you will be asked if you want to save them.

Minimize

Click this button to minimize this dialog. This has the same effect as clicking the minimize button in the top-right corner of the dialog.