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Resizing an Equation Object
Selecting for Resizing
Many applications have
two distinct ways to
select an equation within
a document, but only
one of these ways will
allow you to modify the
equation’s size.
Right:
Wrong:
You can resize an equation object by clicking on it to select it (see the tip to the left), and then dragging one of the “handles” (small black squares) on the box around the selected equation. Some applications (such as Microsoft Word) automatically keep the aspect ratio (ratio of height to width) of the graphic as you resize it. In other applications, you may need to hold down the SHIFT key while resizing to preserve aspect ratio. If your application doesn’t support preserving the aspect ratio while resizing an equation, you may want to resize the equation in MathType using the Define command on the Size menu. Use a larger or smaller Full size to obtain the overall size you need. This will avoid the distortion that inevitably occurs when an equation is resized without maintaining the aspect ratio. Inline Equations
Many word processing applications enable you to place a MathType equation within a line of text; that is, to produce an “inline” equation, as opposed to a “display” equation that has its own paragraph. An equation imported into the middle of a sentence should sit level with the surrounding text, e.g. a 2 + b 2 . To accomplish this, the baseline of the equation must be adjusted to match the baseline of the text. Many word processing and page layout applications handle this automatically, but some do not. In these cases you may be able to manually adjust the baseline of the equation. Some applications enable you to adjust the vertical position of a selected equation using a subscript formatting command. If this works in your particular application, MathType can give you a hint as to the right distance to move the equation down. When you copy an equation to the clipboard from within the equation window, MathType will briefly display the baseline distance in points in the Status Bar. For example, if the Status Bar indicates “B=5”, then you will need to subscript your equation by 5 points after pasting it into your document. Equation Numbering
If you use Microsoft Word, MathType adds commands to do most of the work involved in equation numbering for you. See Tutorials 9 and 10 for more details. If you are not using Microsoft Word, you can format equation numbers using tabs. For example, using a centering tab stop in the center of your word processor document and a right‐align tab stop at the right margin produces the results in the picture below. 72