User Guide

Chapter 4: Tutorials

of the

palette. If you prefer to use the keyboard, you can insert a thick

space by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE. Alternatively, since a thick space is the

same width as two thin spaces, you can get the same results by pressing

TRL+SPACE twice.

If you elected to make all of the modifications suggested in this step, your

equation should look something like the picture below.

If you’re going on to the next tutorial, press C

TRL+A to select all, then press

ACKSPACE or DELETE to clear your screen.

Tutorial 8: Fonts and Styles

This tutorial provides an introduction to MathType’s system of styles. We will

demonstrate how to change the fonts in your equations by changing style

definitions. Using styles will allow you to achieve the formatting you want

quickly and easily, and enable you to create equations with a consistent

appearance. See Chapter 7 for more information about styles, fonts and sizes.

In the following steps, we will create the equation

{

}

exp ( )ux

φσ

=⋅ +y

and experiment with changing the look of the equation by using different style

definitions.

1. Check that the Status Bar’s Style panel displays “Math”. If it doesn’t, choose

Math from the Style menu. If the Math style is not chosen, MathType’s automatic

style assignment will not be in effect, and the rest of this tutorial will not make

much sense.

2. Create the equation, using the

template for the fraction and inserting the

and

by choosing them from the lowercase Greek palette, or by using the

TRL+G shortcut. The “ ⋅ ” operator is located on the

palette. The equation

should now look like this: