Word2007EquationEditorTips 1

TheequationseditorinWord2007isquiteusefulandfairlyquick,whenyouknowafewsimple
shortcuts.First,Alt+=willinsertanequation.
Allofthesetipsusetheformatcollection_of_symbols{space},where{space}isthespacebar.
Simplecommands
1) Subscripts&superscripts:use_and^respectively
a. x_1becomesx
1

b. x^2becomesx
2

c. x_f^2becomesx
]
2

2) Fractions:a/bbecomes
u
b

3) Parenthesis/brackets/absolutevalue:youcanthenenteranything(includingfractions)intothe
emptyboxbetweentheparens/brackets/braces/absolutevaluebars
a. ()becomes( )
b. []becomes| ]
c. {}becomes{ ]
d. ||becomes| |
4) Parenthesiscanalsobeusedtogroupthings:
a. 5/(4+5+6)becomes
5
4+5+6

b. x^(56i)becomesx
5-6

5) Somethingsrequiredoublespaces:
a. x_t_f{space}{space}becomesx
t
]

6) Functions:theseautomaticallychangefromitalicizedtonormaltype
a. sinbecomessin
b. cosbecomescos
c. tanbecomestan
Latexcommands
LaTeXisaspeciallanguage(usedmainlybymathematicians,butalsoengineers)towritetechnical
papers,dissertations,etc.Itmakeswritingmathequationsespeciallyeasy.
7) Greekletters:allGreeklettersareaccessibleusing\letter_name.Capitalizingthefirstletter
ofthenamewillgivethecapitalversionofthegreekletter.
a. \mubecomesp
b. \Gammabecomes
c. \Omegabecomes
d. \alphabecomeso
8) Squareroot:\sqrtbecomes,whichcanthenbefollowedbyanotherexpression.So,the
expression\sqrt{space}34{space}becomesS4.(Thiscanalsobedoneusing\sqrt(34)
{space}.)
Word2007EquationEditorTips 2
9) Integral:\intbecomes] ,whichcanbesubandsuperscriptedbythelimitsofintegration.
So,theexpression\int_0^1{space}xdxbecomes] x Jx
1
0
.
10) Infinity:\inftybecomes
11) Sum:\sum_(n=1)^6{space}n^2{space}becomes n
2 6
n=1

12) Operators:
a. x\dot{space}ybecomesx y
b. 1.5\times{space}10^5{space}becomes1.S 1u
5

13) Accents:Theserequiredoublespaces.Note:thereisnospacebetweenthexandthe
\accent_name.
a. x\dot{space}{space}becomesx
b. x\ddot{space}{space}becomesx
c. x\bar{space}{space}becomesx
d. Byitself,\bar{space}{space}becomes