User Guide

Chapter 6: Creating Web Pages Containing Equations
Last printed 8/20/2001 9:40 AM
Chapter 6
Creating Web Pages Containing Equations
Introduction
Math on the Web
Design Science
publishes a semi-annual
report on the state of
Math on the Web. Visit
www.dessci.com. for a
copy.
Older Browsers
MathPage documents
will work in version 4 or
newer of the popular
browsers. In general,
the newer the browser
the better the document
looks.
This chapter describes the various ways in which you can create Web pages
containing equations. There are several approaches, and each has its advantages
and drawbacks. For creating Web pages from Microsoft Word documents,
MathType’s MathPage technology is the best approach. It produces Web pages
virtually identical to the original Word document, complete with properly
aligned equations that display and print with high resolution.
If you’re creating Web pages with more traditional HTML editors, we’ll show
you how MathType can create individual equation GIF files along with
corresponding HTML tags to streamline the process. Finally, we’ll discuss other
ways of displaying documents on the Web.
MathPage
MathPage is the name we’ve given to our technology for publishing technical
documents on the Web. MathType’s Export to MathPage command, available in
Microsoft Word, converts a Microsoft Word document containing MathType
and/or Equation Editor equations into a Web page.
We’ve solved many of the problems you run into when using Word’s Save As
Web Page command on a document with equations. These include:
• Baseline alignment of inline equations.
• Centering of display equations.
• Display and printing of equations on multiple browsers (e.g.,Microsoft
Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator) and multiple platforms
(Windows, Macintosh, Linux/Unix).
• Display of mathematical symbols on multiple platforms and browsers
without requiring special fonts to be installed.
• Proper line spacing.
• MathType’s equation numbers and references display properly, and the
references act as hyperlinks.
In addition, we’ve also implemented some extra features:
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