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From: Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Attn: MathType & Word 4 Users
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Date: 6 Mar 90 02:29:31 GMT
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In an article of <2 Mar 90 00:59:18 GMT>, hedstrom@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (Brad 
Hedstrom) writes:

 BH>I was talking with Griff at Design Sciences (makers of MathType) today. 
 BH>We
 BH>were discussing problems with using MT with Word. For those of you who 
 BH>are
 BH>unfamiliar with either applications or the inconstancies, here is a 
 BH>little
 BH>background. 
 BH>
 BH>start background{
 BH>
 BH>The main problem is the manner in which Word handles the equation PICTs
 BH>created with MT. When one creates a mathmatical expression (especially 
 BH>with
 BH>subscripts), MT calculates the number of points the equation needs to 
 BH>be
 BH>subscripted in order to have the proper vertical spacing. This 
 BH>information is
 BH>included in the PICT which is imported to Word via the Clipboard.
 BH>Unfortunately Word ignores this vertical spacing information leaving 
 BH>the user
 BH>to manually space the equation. 
 BH>
 BH>Other word processors like T/Maker's WriteNow take advantage of this
 BH>information so the graphics have the proper vertical spacing. Thus it 
 BH>would
 BH>appear that MT is doing "its part" properly. It seems that the "fault" 
 BH>lies
 BH>with Microsoft in the manner in which they handle the clipboard. 
 BH>
 BH>}end background
 BH>
 BH>Griff told me that Design Science is quite small and has little 
 BH>influence with
 BH>the giant Microsoft. However, there has been success in the past where 
 BH>the end
 BH>users (you) have influenced Microsoft to make their products more 
 BH>consistent
 BH>with other products. Griff told me that one problem they was that Word
 BH>sometimes corrupted the clipboard data from MT. Enough users complained 
 BH>to
 BH>Microsoft and they recently fixed the bug (in a future release of 4.X). 
 BH>
 BH>
 BH>Thus I finally get to the point. If all of you MathType/Word users 
 BH>write or
 BH>call Microsoft, they may at least address the vertical spacing problem. 
 BH>Please
 BH>take a few minutes and write...

Wouldn't it just be easier to use MathType in Canvas and save the whole schmere 
as a PICT? That way - Word is out of it!

Leo Bores



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