Install Equation Editor To Word For Mac

Writing and editing equations in Office 2011 for Mac is easy, whether you’re working with simple or complex equations. Office 2011 for Mac offers two ways for you to represent numeric equations that aren’t possible to type from the keyboard. to solve this equation problem:

The Equation option in Word 2011.
The Equation Editor in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint within Office 2011.

Equations from the Office Ribbon

For users who add or edit equations in their Word docs, the new equation editor in Word for Mac 2011 is a welcome new feature that makes equation editing cross-platform with Word for Windows. You now have several options to select from for working on equations within Word. Question: Q: equation editor in word for mac 2011 I apologize if this is straying too far from elements of the Lion discussion but I have seen others compliment the capability of the equation editor in Word for Mac 2011. Best Answer: Equation Editor isn't in a typical install, you'll need to install it separately, either from the Value Pack Installer or from a custom install depending on the version you are using.

Follow these steps to create a symbol or a formula in Word 2011 from within the Ribbon:

Position the cursor in your document where you want to place the symbol, formula, or equation.
Choose Insert→Equation from the menu.
This brings up the Equation Tools tab in the Ribbon.

Click a category from the Structures group on the Equation Tools tab.
Categories include Fractions, Scripts, Radical, and many more. All categories have a submenu that reveals galleries with several options. Hover your cursor over each option in the gallery, and descriptions appear as a ScreenTip. When you click the option you want to insert, a placeholder for the equation is placed in the open document.

Click inside dotted boxes to type numbers or text.
Click outside the equation area when you’re done.

The result is an equation placed in your document. To make additional edits to your equation, just click to select it and bring up the Equation Tools tab of the Ribbon. Edit and make changes as required.

Using the Equation Editor in Office 2011

Equation Editor is included with Microsoft Office and lets you type mathematical symbols and equations.

Although Equation Editor looks complicated, it’s actually quite easy to use:

Position the cursor in your document where you want to place the symbol, formula, or equation.
From the main menu, choose Insert→Object.
This step brings up the Object dialog.
Scroll up or down and choose the Microsoft Equation option, and then click OK.
Equation Editor opens in its own window.
Click a formula template from the symbols categories.
Some categories have submenus from which to choose. Descriptions appear when you mouse over the various symbols.
Click inside dotted boxes to type numbers or text.
You can add text by simply typing in the Editing pane. For example, you can take a formula and turn it into an equation by typing y= in front of the formula.
Click the red Close button when you’re done.

The result is an Equation Editor object in your document. To reopen Equation Editor to make additional edits to your object, just right-click the border of the Equation Editor object in the document and then choose Open Equation Object from the pop-up menu.

The Equation Editor is new in Excel 2010 and designed to create a mathematical equation as a graphical object. I didn’t find it in Excel 2011 for Mac, but ran across an article showing they put it inside Word 2011. How very strange.

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Here I’ll review the Excel 2010 version of Equation Editor first, then briefly compare Mathematical Equations in Google Docs, and come back to the Word 2011 version of Equation Editor.

Excel 2010 Equation Editor

The Equation Editor in Excel 2010 is difficult to navigate at first. The second time I tried creating an equation it got slightly easier, and the third time with the same equation (shown below) I seemed to almost get the hang of it.

The trick I learned was to just type the equation in and let the Editor do its thing in rearranging what you’re typing. On the Equation Tools Ribbon are two helpful selections: Professional and Linear (shown below). Playing around with these helped me understand how the Editor can manipulate simple equations.

Having said that, advanced equations will take some time to figure out, but this editor should handle most anything you can throw at it.

Entering an Equation

To enter an equation with the Equation Editor go to the Insert tab on the Ribbon, and click Equation. This gives you a text box with the words “Type equation here.” You’ll also notice two additional menu tabs on the Ribbon: Equation Tools, which becomes active, and Drawing Tools.

Left Side of Equation Tools Ribbon

There are varied Symbols readily available for insertion on the Equation Tools Ribbon tab (shown above). And several drop-down menu items that expand to show even more symbols for things like: Fraction, Script, Radical, Integral, Large Operator, Bracket, Function, Accent, Limit and Log, Operator, and Matrix. (Shown below)

Clicking the Equation drop-down arrow will reveal several predefined equations that can be inserted as starting point for your equation. This how I started my first equation, which did me no favors. I fared much better just typing in the formula and letting the Equation Editor move things around.

One Annoyance

One of the problems with the Equation Editor is that if you stray to far outside the equation, yet still inside the text box, the Equation Tools tab disappears and you’re stuck with the Drawing Tools tab only. Maddening!

Install Equation Editor Word 2011 Mac

Google Docs Mathematical Equations

I looked at the new Mathematical Equations in Google Docs and it seemed easier to learn, but is not nearly as powerful as the Equation Editor. For example, the equation I created above was done in a Google Docs document with Mathematical Equations. I wasn’t able to do a strikethrough for the min text, like this: min.

And there wasn’t a good way to export this object out of Google Docs.

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Equation Editor in Word 2011 for Mac

The Equation Editor in Word 2011 for Mac looks to be identical to the one in Excel 2010. You start an equation from the Document Elements tab on the Ribbon, by clicking Equation or the drop-down menu arrow and selecting a built-in equation.

The Equation Tools tab immediately becomes visible and active after starting an equation. I created the same formula with relative ease.

I kind of like the feel of this Word 2011 version better than what’s in Excel 2010. Go figure.