User Guide

MathType User Manual

The table of contents is a little crude, and you’ll probably want to clean it up a

little in an HTML editor (an exception to our Always make changes in Word rule!).

But you’ve now created a set of linked pages that make it much easier for your

audience to view in a browser than one huge page. In addition, cross-document

links work perfectly, be they Word’s own hyperlinks or equation number

references!

Copying Web Pages to a Web Server

It's easy to copy a page generated by MathPage to a Web server: simply use your

favorite FTP program. However, it is essential that you copy all of the required

files or the page will not display properly in a browser. When you create a Web

page called MyPage.htm, the following files and folders are created:

MyPage.htm main page containing HTML code

MyPage_Files folder containing GIFs and other supporting files

MathPage.js support file containing JavaScript code

To copy or move a Web page to another location, make sure you copy both files

and the supporting folder. Note: the MathPage.js file is the same for all Web

pages, and can be shared between multiple Web pages. If you saved 10 Web

pages in the above folder, you'd have 10 .htm files, 10 supporting folders, but

just one MathPage.js file. This can be a good approach to laying out your site, as

it means that, if you ever need to update to a newer version of the MathPage.js

file, there will be only one copy to replace.

Editing a MathPage-Generated Web Page

If you need to modify a Web page that you’ve produced using MathPage, it’s

best to open the original Word document, make the changes and use the Export

To MathPage command again. We do not recommend opening a MathPage-

generated page directly in Word. MathPage inserts a lot of script code in the

page, and also removes a lot of Word-specific information in order to keep the

download time as short as possible. If you do open a page and edit it in Word,

the equations and symbols may not display properly.

You can open a page in a standard HTML or text editor. However, be very

careful when making changes; it’s safest to work on a copy. If you only make

changes outside of MathPage’s script blocks the page will continue to work

properly. The changes may need to be repeated if you ever regenerate the page

from the original Word document.