User Guide

Chapter 6: Creating Web Pages Containing Equations

Last printed 8/20/2001 9:40 AM

only a few symbols, both for Word and the browser. On the other hand,

you must insert an equation if you want a MathZoom version of the

symbol to pop up in the browser when the symbol is clicked on. This is

especially useful when using small, hard-to-read characters such as

superscripts, subscripts, primes etc.

• Don't convert long documents; break them into smaller pieces

While a large document may be desirable in Word for editing and

printing, it does not translate well into a Web document. Large

documents take longer to download, and are more cumbersome for

viewing. When you print a long document in Word you get headers

and footers inserted on every page. Printing from a browser is different;

there are no headers and footers contained in the page itself, and page

breaks can occur in the strangest places, sometimes breaking graphics

such as equations in half. These problems can be minimized by

breaking long documents into smaller sections, and making each one an

individual Web page. Also see the section on master documents below.

• Don't use positioned or floating elements containing equations

MathPage currently ignores these items, and although they do get

converted into HTML any symbols and equations in these elements will

not be handled properly. You can use simple left or right alignment on

graphics and other elements to achieve proper display in the browser.

• Update equations before using MathPage

You can use documents containing equations created by other versions

of MathType or Equation Editor (including documents authored on a

Macintosh computer). In these cases, for best results you should run the

Format Equations command before generating a Web page (you only

need to run it once and then save the document).

MathType’s online help contains more information about the conversion process,

including some useful links to Microsoft’s Web site. It also lists some known

issues with various browsers.

Master Documents

Word’s Master Document feature enables you to manage a large document as a

set of smaller individual files called subdocuments. The master document

contains links to the subdocuments, and you can work with individual

subdocuments or with the entire master document as a whole. Master

Documents can be tricky to work with; for more information see Word’s Help or