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From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Re: WINWORD - Equation Editor
Message-ID: <69220024@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 18:05:02 GMT
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Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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>There is a product called Mathtype that using pictures of symbols that can be
>clicked on to build extremely complex formulas in just a few minutes -
>something that would take you alsmost 30 minutes in W4W. You then highlight
>the equation/formula and copy it to the clipbaord - then paste it into Word as
>a graphic, allowing for it to be placed anywhere by dragging it around. It is
>very powerful and no formula is too hard.

I have heard that the first version of MathyType is very buggy. The next 
release this summer is suppose to be better. Has anyone actually used
the program? Does it work OK?

Tom