User Guide

MathType User Manual

Changing the Size of the Toolbar Buttons

You may find MathType’s default size of toolbar icons too small to read. You can

change their size using the Workspace Preferences command on the Preferences

menu. The picture of the MathType window shown previously displays the

small button size. Here are the three available sizes of buttons for comparison:

Small Medium Large

Ruler

Shows you how large your equation is, and allows you to set tab stops that

control formatting.

The MathType window also contains other elements, which we have not labeled

since they are common to most Windows applications. Refer to your Windows

manual or online Help if any of these items are unfamiliar.

Keyboard Notation in this Manual

Your computer’s keyboard has a number of special keys that we will be referring

to frequently in this manual. We will write the names of these keys (and

combinations of these keys) in small capitals: C

TRL, SHIFT+A, ALT, BACKSPACE,

TRL+TAB, and so on.

Your carriage return key might be labeled “Enter” or “Return”, and it probably

has a ↵ symbol printed on it. We will refer to this key as the ENTER key in this

manual.

You will also have a set of four arrow keys: the LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, UP

ARROW, and DOWN ARROW keys (←, →, ↑, ↓). These keys are grouped together

on most keyboards, and you should have no trouble identifying them as the

“arrow” keys, although your T

AB, BACKSPACE, ENTER and SHIFT keys may also

have arrows printed on them.

Entering Text from the Keyboard

When the MathType window first appears on the screen, a single empty slot is

displayed as a small dotted box containing the blinking insertion point.

Whenever the insertion point is displayed, MathType is ready to accept text.

Typing will cause the corresponding characters to be inserted into the slot

containing the insertion point. Pressing the B

ACKSPACE key will erase the

character or symbol to the left of the insertion point. Pressing the D

ELETE key

erases the character or symbol to the right of the insertion point. When items are

selected in the equation, either the D

ELETE key or the BACKSPACE key can be used