When editing some documents involving mathematical formulas and symbols in Word, it can be a challenge to input them because you may not be able to find the corresponding buttons on keyboard. So what's the best way to insert these relatively difficult formulas? Here are 3 commonly used methods you can try.
For this navigate to Insert tab, Click Object, that will open Object dialog to insert any object, select Microsoft Equation 3.0 from Object type, and click OK. Upon click a new window will open up where you can customize equation as shown in the screenshot below, the difference will be Word will be treated this as an object of Microsoft. When you want to insert the Equation object, you must select Insert-Object and select the Microsoft Equation 3.0 in the Object type box. With this, it is serious to insert a lot of Equation object. When you install this add-in, the Equation Editor Button is inserted on the Command bar. Normal Access to Equation Editor.
Method 1. Insert Equations Symbols
1. Go to Insert tab and choose Equation in Symbols section.
2. There are some pre-set formulas for you to choose and edit.
3. You can also select Insert New Equation, of course.
4. It will insert a textbox in the document and enable the Equation Tools in Design tab, in where you can insert different kinds of mathematical symbols directly.
5. Just hit the symbols you want to insert and input the specific numbers in the corresponding positions of the textbox. In this way you can input any mathematical formula you want.
Method 2. Ink Equation
If you don't want to find these symbols separately and rather input the formula by handwriting, you can try the Ink Equation feature in Word 2016 and above versions.
1. Just switch to Insert tab and click Equation – Insert New Equation to toggle on Equation Tools. Then find Ink Equation button at the left side of the Equation Tools (Design) tab to invoke the handwriting window.
2. You can click Write button and use your mouse or writing pad to write the formula here. The identified formula will show at the top.
1. Go to Insert tab and choose Equation in Symbols section.
2. There are some pre-set formulas for you to choose and edit.
3. You can also select Insert New Equation, of course.
4. It will insert a textbox in the document and enable the Equation Tools in Design tab, in where you can insert different kinds of mathematical symbols directly.
5. Just hit the symbols you want to insert and input the specific numbers in the corresponding positions of the textbox. In this way you can input any mathematical formula you want.
Method 2. Ink Equation
If you don't want to find these symbols separately and rather input the formula by handwriting, you can try the Ink Equation feature in Word 2016 and above versions.
1. Just switch to Insert tab and click Equation – Insert New Equation to toggle on Equation Tools. Then find Ink Equation button at the left side of the Equation Tools (Design) tab to invoke the handwriting window.
2. You can click Write button and use your mouse or writing pad to write the formula here. The identified formula will show at the top.
3. If there's anything wrong, you can click the Select and Correct button and then hit the wrong part to choose the right symbol in the expanded menu.
4. You can also click Erase button to wipe part of the formula, or click Clear button to delete all the inks in the writing box.
5. After finishing the handwriting, just hit Insert to add the formula to your document.
Method 3. Microsoft Equation
1. Go to Insert tab, click Object button in Text section. Choose Microsoft Equation 3.0 in the list of Object type in Create New tab and click OK to confirm it.
2. Then the Equation toolbar will pop out along with a textbox. You can insert any mathematical symbol you want by clicking them in the toolbar. In this way you can also insert a difficult mathematical symbol quickly.
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Question & Answer
Question
How can I insert Microsoft Equation 3.0 expressions, that I already pasted into a Microsoft Word document, into IBM Rational DOORS without the expressions being misaligned?
Cause
The reason of this question is that if export the Microsoft Word doc into DOORS, the normal way, the equations (that are basically images) are misaligned in reference to the bottom line of the DOORS object.
The misalignment is caused by the Microsoft Rich Text Control that governs this export process.
Microsoft Equation 3.0 Object Missing
Answer
The only solution is to insert those Microsoft Word paragraphs as separate Microsoft Word OLE objects in the corresponding DOORS object. The resulted objects and the DOORS printout will no longer contain the misalignment.
Microsoft Equation 3.0 Object
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Modified date:
01 May 2020
