MathType Tips & Tricks
If you feel like you know MathType well enough to get by most of the time but have a nagging feeling you could be a lot more productive if you knew a little more, you've come to the right place! Check back periodically for regular installments of MathType Tips & Tricks — hints from the experts on how to use MathType better and save even more time with it.
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Tips to use with MathType itself
Tips to use with Microsoft Word
Add MathType commands to the Microsoft Office Quick Access Toolbar.
Advanced techniques for adding equations and symbols to word documents.
Change multiple instances of a single equation simultaneously.
Creating links in one document that hyperlink to equations in another document.
Drawing attention to your equations with comments and annotations.
Uploading a Word document with MathType equations to Google Docs.
Using a different numbering scheme in a document's appendix than in the chapters.