User Guide

MathType User Manual

Word style and define this style’s line spacing in this way rather than applying

this setting to various paragraphs in your document as needed.

Transferring Word Documents between Macintosh and Windows Computers

You can transfer Word documents containing MathType equations between

Windows and the Macintosh. Because of font differences between Windows and

the Macintosh, you will need to update the document’s equations after

transferring the document. For Macintosh documents that you’ve copied to your

Windows computer, you can refresh the equations by using the Format

Equations command (described earlier). On the Macintosh a similar command is

available for Word 6, Word 98, Word 2001 and newer. For specific details please

refer to your MathType for Macintosh documentation.

If you’re using the latest version of Word on each platform, you can typically

save your document in the Word’s default document format. If you’re using an

older version of Word for the Macintosh, you may need to save the document in

a different format for it to be readable by the older version. Microsoft sometimes

releases filters that allow older versions to read documents created by newer

versions of Word. If you’re in this situation, you should try a few different

formats until you find one that works. If you’re still having problems, check the

MathType Web site at www.dessci.com.

Working with Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat can be used to create PDF files, which can be distributed by

themselves or placed on a Web site. PDF files have the advantage of being self-

contained and reproduce, with a high degree of accuracy, the look of the original

document.

In order to create PDF files you need the full version of Adobe Acrobat, not just

the free reader (available at www.adobe.com/acrobat). Acrobat comes with a

detailed guide in PDF format that explains the process of creating PDFs. A

complete description of the process is beyond the scope of this manual, but we

can give you a couple of hints.

Firstly, there are two methods for creating a PDF file; you can print your

document using Adobe’s PDFWriter printer driver, or you can use Acrobat’s

Distiller application to convert a PostScript file into a PDF file. Version 3.x of the

PDFWriter printer driver doesn’t handle symbolic fonts properly; as this

adversely affects equations we recommend that you use Distiller or upgrade to a

newer version of Acrobat.

Secondly, you should always select the option to embed fonts in the PDF file.

This ensures that your equations will be readable on computers that don’t have

MathType’s fonts (or any other uncommon fonts you may be using) installed.

The Acrobat guide contains lots of information about font embedding.