Microsoft Word - Making Physics Equations

[Mr_Putter]

Ok, So I have a massive Physics lab due later this week, and I have dozens of equations that I have to do. He said he prefers that we do all the equations on the computer...But I'm not sure how?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He told us there was an equation editor built into MS word, but I can't find it. I looked in help and it said I would need to reinstall word or something. Is there an easier way with a different MS program, or is there a way to download just the single component for making equations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So how do you guys do it? Any help would be appreciated.

[WutangFlu]

dont know..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but try open-office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.openoffice.org (free alternative to ms office)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it has math things on their..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

good luck.

[nengal]

Edit an equation

 

 

 

Some of the content in this topic may not be applicable to some languages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double-click the equation you want to edit.

 

 

 

Use options on the Equation toolbar to edit the equation.

 

 

 

If you need help, click Equation Editor Help Topics on the Help menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To return to Microsoft Word, click the Word document.

[runesmithie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LATEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at LaTeX, it seems to be peoples equation editor of choice :P (Although it looks a little tricky to get into, so maybe not for this lab, but any future ones)

[weezcake]

If you have excel, you should use that instead of Microsoft Word. Excel is for numbers/calculations while Word is for.. well, word processing. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In excel, to apply an equation to a cell, type an equal sign and enter the equation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

=(4+2)/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you need help using excel, then just IM me :)

[Hannibal]

If you have excel, you should use that instead of Microsoft Word. Excel is for numbers/calculations while Word is for.. well, word processing. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In excel, to apply an equation to a cell, type an equal sign and enter the equation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

=(4+2)/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you need help using excel, then just IM me :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think the main point is that he wants fancy looking mathematical equations, with lots of nice symbols such as the capital Greek sigma, Leibniz's sum notation, and/or whatever else he needs for physics stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, yeah. You can do

 

 

 

Insert > Object > Microsoft Equation Editor 3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to get a new equation. If it's installed. If it's not installed, pop in your installation cd, and you should be able to update the installation, and add the component using the custom install options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If that won't work for whatever reason, you can look into LaTEX like runesmithie suggested, or into MathML.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MathML will work in any XHTML document when loaded into Firefox 1.5. If your teacher complains it doesn't render in IE, tell him to use a better browser. I'm fairly sure Opera will cope too. I should hope so, anyway. Otherwise, there are probably third party plugins to render the equations. I'm not sure whether Word can import from MathML when used in HTML docs, I somehow doubt it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you choose to use LaTEX, you will end up with having a PDF file with your stuff in the end. I should note your teacher might not like that if he needs to correct it. Especially if your teacher is not very tech-savvy. You can also give him the source .tex file, of course, which will work too. You might get extra points for using LaTEX if the teacher knows about it (most Maths/Computer Science/Physics papers are written in LaTEX, from what I've been told).