Equation Editor-Microsoft Word Tutorial

Creating Mathematics inside Microsoft Word
There are four sections to this document
Before you can use the Equation Editor

(Very) Basic operation of the Equation Editor
Shortcut Keys are your very best friend
Simonds tips on using the equation editor
Before you can use the Equation Editor
The other three sections of this document will work only if the Microsoft Equation
Editor has been installed on the machine you are using; the Equation Editor comes with
Microsoft Office but is not installed under a standard installation. The computers in the
Sylvania CRC and Sylvania math classrooms all have the Equation Editor installed. On your
home machine you probably will need to load your Microsoft office CD and do a custom
install to install the Equation Editor. (It's easier to do than the phrase "custom install"
implies. ) All of the maneuvers described in this section of the document will need to be
done at most once.
After installing the Equation Editor, you also want to customize your toolbar so that the
Equation Editor button is easily accessible. (The button is already on the CRC and math
classroom machines.)
The menu shown in Figure 1 was

opened by selecting Tools -
Customize from the toolbar
menu across the top of the
screen, then selecting
the commands file-tab at the
top of the dialogue box, then
selecting the insert category
on the left side of the box, and
finally scrolling down on the
right-side of the box until
the Equation Editor
button was in view. Once you
have located the Equation
Editor button, left-click and
drag the button up to your
toolbar menu.
Figure 1: Customizing your Toolbar
(Very) Basic operation of the Equation Editor
Once your Equation Editor button is in place, all you need to do to open an Equation Box is
left-click that button. Upon your click an Equation Box like that shown in Figure 2 will
appear as well as the Equation Editor Menu shown in Figure 3. (As a side note I should
mention that the Equation Editor Menu has the unfortunate habit of sometimes opening
directly on top of the location at which you are typing. Should this happen, simply left-
click and drag the solid strip across the top of the box until the box is out of the way.)
Figure 2:
Equation Box
Figure 3: Equation Editor Menu

The Equation
Editor Menu
can be used
to insert
both symbols
and
templates for
complicated
mathematical
expressions.
For example, Figure 4: Inserting a Pi symbol
Figure 4
shows what
you click to
insert the Pi
symbol;
Figure 5
shows what
to click to
insert a
fraction
template.
Figure 5: Inserting a Fraction Template
Once a template has been inserted into your Equation Box, you need to look and see where
inside the template the cursor is flashing. You then go ahead and type the information that
goes into that location. To move to the next location in the template you press the Tab key.
You also press the Tab key to exit the template. When you are done typing in your
expression, you left-click anywhere outside of the Equation Box. If you need to edit an
existing Equation Box you simply double-click anywhere over the expression contained within
the box.
Shortcut Keys are your very best friend
Mousing all of your math symbols and templates gets real

old real fast; thankfully there are shortcut keys that
enable you to avoid your mouse in most circumstances. The
shortcut keys are found in the Help Menu when you have an
Equation Box open. I have copied the most commonly used
shortcut keys into figures 6, 7, and 8.
Figure 6: Shortcut Keys for selected Math Template

Figure 7: Shortcut Keys for after the fact symbol
Embellishments Figure 8: Shortcut keys for selected math symbols
Simonds tips on using the equation editor
Always add a full space before and after an equal sign, before and after a plus or
minus sign, after a limit sign or integral sign, and before each limit on a definite
integral. A full space is created inside an equation box by
pressing Ctrl+Shift+Space Bar.
Always add a half space between a coefficient and a variable and before and after
the arrow sign in a limit. A half space is created by pressing Ctrl+Space Bar.
To line up your equal signs ( ) you need to use the format/align option shown in
Figure 9.
Figure 9: Gotta' line up them equal signs!
You can add text inside an Equation box by selecting Style - Text from the toolbar
menu. (See Figure 10.)
Figure 10: Adding text inside an Equation Box
Sometimes you might want to insert text along with a multistep simplification or
other type process. One way to achieve this is with a matrix. For example, the
simplification shown in Figure 11 was typed using a matrix with 7 rows and two
columns. The style used in the left column was "Math" while the style used in the
right column was "Text." I always insert a blank row between every line to avoid
crowding - that's why the matrix had seven rows as opposed to four. The
appropriate Menu and Dialogue Box are shown in Figures 12 and 13.
Figure 11: Adding text along with mathematics
Figure 12: The Matrix Menu Bar
Figure 13: The Matrix Dialogue Box
Finally, you will find below is a keystroke guide for creating the
expression .
1. Open an Equation Box

2. press Ctrl+t, u
3. type in "lim" (don't type the quotes )
4. press Tab
5. type in "h"
6. press Ctrl+Space Bar
7. press Ctrl+k, a
8. press Ctrl+Space Bar
9. type in "0"
10. press Tab
11. press Ctrl+Shift+Space Bar
12. press Ctrl+f
13. press Ctrl+9
14. type in "3"
15. press Ctrl+shift+Space Bar
16. type in "+"
17. press Ctrl+shift+Space Bar
18. type in "h"
19. press Tab
20. press Ctrl+h
21. type "2"
22. press Tab
24. type in "-"
26. type in "9"
27. press Tab
28. type in "h"
29. press Tab
30. click anywhere outside the Equation Box to close the equation box

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Creating Mathematics inside Microsoft Word

There are four sections to this document

Before you can use the Equation Editor

Before you can use the Equation Editor

The menu shown in Figure 1 was

(Very) Basic operation of the Equation Editor

Figure 3: Equation Editor Menu

Shortcut Keys are your very best friend

Mousing all of your math symbols and templates gets real

Figure 6: Shortcut Keys for selected Math Template

Simonds tips on using the equation editor

Figure 10: Adding text inside an Equation Box

Figure 12: The Matrix Menu Bar

Figure 13: The Matrix Dialogue Box

1. Open an Equation Box

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