User Guide

Chapter 4: Tutorials

TIP

The changes you make

in this dialog apply to

the current equation.

Check “Use for new

equations” to use the

settings for new

equations as well.

More About Styles

The subject of

MathType’s styles is

covered in more detail in

Chapter 7.

The names of the eleven styles are listed in the dialog box, together with the font

and character style assigned to each. The equation you have just created uses the

Function, Variable, L.C. Greek, Number, and Symbol styles. The letters “exp” are

recognized as the abbreviation for the exponential function, and are assigned the

Function style; u, x, and y are treated as variables and assigned the Variable

style;

and

, being lowercase Greek letters, are assigned the L.C. (lowercase)

Greek style, and the numbers in the fraction use the Number style. The symbols

⋅, (, ), and + use the Symbol style. (The angle brackets and fraction bar are

internal to MathType and do not use a style.) These styles are applied

automatically as you create the equation, because you are using the Math style

mode. This automatic style assignment is the advantage you gain by using the

Math style mode when creating equations.

We’re going to change some of the styles so you understand how they affect an

equation’s appearance. Normally you wouldn’t work this way, you’d change

fonts using the Simple version of this dialog.

5. Choose a new font for the Function style. The style is probably defined as

Times or Times New Roman. Press on the arrow next to the font name in the

Function row and choose a different font. You will want to choose a font that

looks noticeably different from Times, so that the effect of the change will be

obvious. A good choice would be a sans serif font such as Arial.