User Guide

Chapter 4: Tutorials
8.
Type in the = sign. Remember not to type any spaces.
9. Construct the fraction by using the full-size
template, which is available
in the Small Bar and in the
palette. Be careful — it’s not the same
template as the
fraction template that we used in Tutorial 1.
Inserting Fractions
You can also insert the
fraction template by
pressing CTRL+F.
Spacing
Chapter 7 includes a
discussion of
MathType’s spacing
rules and how you can
customize them.
10. The insertion point will be located in the newly created numerator slot; type
the number 1 into this slot.
11. Move the insertion point down into the denominator slot either by clicking
in it or by pressing the T
AB key. Then type in the denominator, n, and press the
T
AB key again to move the insertion point out of the denominator slot. Your
equation should now look like this:
12. Next we need to insert a pair of braces (curly brackets). You can do this
either by clicking on the icon in the palette, or by using the C
TRL+{ keyboard
shortcut. Remember that { is a shifted character on standard keyboards, so you’ll
actually need to hold down the C
TRL and SHIFT keys while pressing the key that
bears the [ and { characters.
13. Click on the
icon to enter a summation template inside the braces. Notice
how the braces expand automatically. Your equation should now look like this:
14. Type the letter X into the summand slot (the large slot on the right).
15. Attach a subscript and superscript to the X, using the
template. Fill in the
subscript and superscript slots with i and 2, respectively.
16. Move the insertion point into the lower limit slot of the summation template
by clicking inside the slot, and type i=1. As usual, do not type any spaces.
MathType will automatically reduce the size of the text, and will center it below
the summation sign. In this case, MathType will not insert any spaces around the
= sign, since it is in the limit of a summation. Again, this is a standard
typesetting convention that you can override if you want to.
17. Click in the upper limit slot of the summation template, and type in the
upper limit, n.
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