User Guide

MathType User Manual

the entire right-hand side of the equation, watching the highlighting carefully to

see that your selection is correct. It should look like this:

MathType 3 Users

MathType 3 required

you to hold down the

CTRL key to wrap a

template around the

selection. This is no

longer necessary.

Color

You can customize the

Color menu using the

Edit Color Menu

command in the Color

submenu.

Now click on the

icon in the Small Bar. The

template will be inserted into

your equation and automatically wrapped around the selected items. When you

insert a template, MathType always wraps it around any selected items.

6. You might be wondering how you would do the reverse of the operation we

performed in step 5 — suppose you had an expression enclosed in a square root

sign (or some other template) and you wanted to remove the square root sign but

keep the expression. To do this, you first select the expression under the square

root sign and choose Cut to transfer it to the Clipboard. Next, select the (now

empty) square root sign, and press B

ACKSPACE or DELETE to remove it. Finally,

choose Paste to bring the expression back from the Clipboard.

7. Finally, we have to change the n in the denominator of the fraction to n – 1.

Position the insertion point in the denominator slot, to the right of the n, by

clicking near the point indicated by the arrow pointer in the picture below:

Then, simply type –1 to change the denominator.

8. Let’s now suppose we want to change the color of the term from black to

red. Select the term using the mouse, and then choose the Color command on the

Format menu. A submenu appears containing a list of colors. Choose Red and

release the mouse. The selected term will become red (you will have to click

outside the equation to de-select the term in order to see the new color).

9. We’re finished editing the equation, so close the MathType window. If a

dialog appears asking if you want to save your changes, click Yes. Once the

MathType window has closed, your word processor will become active and

you’ll see that your document now contains the modified equation.