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                    MathType Tips & Tricks

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                    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.

                    If you are experiencing a problem using MathType, we encourage you to refer to the leading MathType documentation and Support notices. Please write to our Tech Support staff if you need further assistance.

                    Send us your tips!

                    Some of our best tips come from people just like you — people who use MathType every day and have discovered some beneficial ways to use the software. If you have a killer tip you'd like to share with us, please let us know. You don't have to put a lot of effort into writing it formally; describe it in plain language, and we'll do the rest. If we publish your tip in a future tip, we'll happily acknowledge your contribution. (We won't publish your email address on the tip, and we never share your email or other personal data with anyone else.)

                    Tips to use with MathType itself

                    • Adding memorable keyboard shortcuts for your most commonly-used symbols and actions.
                    • Creating "stacked" arithmetic:
                    • Pro tip: Long multiplication with multiple sum levels.
                    • Pro tip: Long division with multiple subtraction levels.
                    • Insert and edit MathType equations using only the keyboard.
                    • Moving MathType settings to a new Mac computer.
                    • Moving MathType settings to a new Windows computer.
                    • Quick formatting of equations and identifying names & keyboard shortcuts: Using the MathType status bar.

                    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.
                    • Aligning equation numbers with multi-line equations.
                    • Change multiple instances of a single equation simultaneously.
                    • Changing the font & size of all equations in a document.
                    • Creating links in one document that hyperlink to equations in another document.
                    • Drawing attention to your equations with comments and annotations.
                    • Group MathType equation objects with drawings and pictures in Word, PowerPoint, Pages, and other applications.
                    • Modify the shortcuts MathType installs into Word.
                    • Uploading a Word document with MathType equations to Google Docs.
                    • Using a different numbering scheme in a document's appendix than in the chapters.

                    Tips to use with Microsoft PowerPoint

                    • Add MathType commands to the Microsoft Office Quick Access Toolbar.
                    • Create accessible PowerPoint slides.
                    • Creating true inline equations in PowerPoint.
                    • Drawing attention to your equations with comments and annotations.
                    • Group MathType equation objects with drawings and pictures in PowerPoint.
                    • Rotating equations in PowerPoint.

                    Tips to use with Google Docs

                    • Numbering and referencing equations in Google Docs.

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