Microsoft Word, 2007/2010 Equation Writing Shortcuts

Word 2007 included a new equation writer. This is incorporated into Excel in Office 2010 (see comments later). To write an equation in Word 2007 or 2010 you need to be working on a docx file, not a doc file. Select Equation (top right) from the Insert ribbon. The shortcut is Alt =. The following box will appear: You can write, e.g., x+y=z to get .

At any stage you can edit an equation by just clicking on it like text. You can select all the symbols you need from the Equation Tools Design ribbon, but equation is much faster if you learn some shortcuts. Useful shortcut commands are given below. Most are completed by typing a space. Often you need to type a space (or two) before leaving the equation. For clarity spaces are shown here as Command Subscript Superscript Brackets ( ) Unnecessary brackets are removed automatically Fractions Square root, cube root n root plus/minus times less than or equal Greek letters Integral
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Example x_y x^2 y=(X^2/d 2)

Result

x/y \sqrt x+ \cbrtx \sqrt(n&x) 10+-2 10 \times2 <= and >= \gamma \Gamma \int \int_(x_0)^(x_1)ydy

Sum

\sum_(i=1)^nx_i

product

\prod_(i=1)^nx_i x\hat = y\bar + z\tilde w\dot+x\ddot-f\vec for any x_i \matrix(a&b@c&d) [\matrix(a&b&c@c&d&e)] \eqarray 2x+y=z@3x+4z=5 \rect(x=y) lim\below (n-> \infty) sin(2t) x->y [

hat, bar, tilde, dot, double dot, triple dot, vector plain text array matrix Equation array rectangle below above sin

lim ( )

Any of the characters in the Character map can be used (Start menu, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Character Map). If a keystroke is shown in the bottom right you can use Alt + the key number. Examples Alt+0177 (using the numeric keypad) gives . Alt+0176 gives (for C)

If no keystroke is given you can use the Unicode. Type the unicode in Hex then Alt+x. Example: the Unicode for is 221E so type 221E then Alt+x.

Equation Examples Type "x=(-b+-\sqrt(b^2-4ac))/2a " to get: (note the last space) Notice how brackets are automatically removed when not required. To produce type V=2\pi/(\piR^2) \int_0^R ru_z dr

Special commands and notes Open and Close The \open and \close ( obtain the following | |

) commands are used when only one bracket is required, e.g. to { type |x| = {\eqarray(&x" if "x 0@&x" if "x < 0)

of The of operator helps spacing of terms in function. It is motivated by phrases such as the sin of 2x. Type the following to see how it works: sin\of2x=sin2x+sin(2x) ( ) The of operator is also very useful for getting the correct representation of integral, sums and products. Compare \int\ofdx/x and \int(dx/x) and \int dx/x and Spaces There are a range of spaces: zwsp (zero width), hairsp, thinsp, medsp, thicksp, vthicksp, ensp (en), nbsp (no break). To see some of the differences: type W_a W\zwsp_a W\hairsp_a W\thinsp_a W\medsp_a W\thicksp_a W\vthicksp_a W\ensp_a The spaces are not all as expected. In line vs new line The appearance of an equations depends on if it is an existing sentence line or in a new line. For example type \int\of dx/x both in a line and in a new line to get or As soon as another character is added to the line the equation is shrunk. This is annoying as this will always happen when an equation number is added. To get over this problem use a table as suggested by http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation2007.html. Instructions are given on the next page. Font size, colour, bold, and italics The size of the equations can be changed using the font size. Just click on an equation and change the font size. To change the colour, select all of the equation or the box surrounding it and change the text colour, or background colour. Use Ctrl+i and Ctrl+b to toggle italics and bold on and off, e.g., . /

Creating a Numbered Equation Template in Word 2007/2010 (from http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation2007.html) It is intended that these instructions be followed with a copy of this document open in Word. Once you carry out instructions 1 and 2, the numbered equation you create should be available in any document. (1.1) 1. Select all of the equation table above, and choose the Equation menu (from Insert, Equation down arrow) then Save Selection to Equation Gallery:

2. Give your equation a name (e.g. Numbered Equation), under Category choose Create New Category and provide a name starting with AAA. (This makes your equation show up first, the category has to be alphabetically before "Built-in".) Click OK. 3. Now to insert a numbered equation (in another document perhaps), click on the equation button and choose Numbered Equation from the menu or use the shortcut Alt N then Alt E <Enter>. 4. In Word 2010 the table that has been created does not seem to show up. Click on the equation and select the Layout tab and then View Gridlines.

5. If you insert one equation after another they might join to form a single table. You can press <Enter> after inserted one equation before the next. If necessary click on your table and use Layout, Split Table (it splits above the selected row) 6. If you include the chapter numbers in your equation numbers, you will need to update these manually. At the first equation number in a new chapter, right click on the equation number and choose Set Numbering Value. Click on Continue from previous list and check off Advance value. Then you will be able to set the value for both the chapter number and the equation number. 7. Close MS Word and click Yes to save the template (building block). It is recommended that you close Word now to save this change.

Cross Referencing an Equation You may wish to create a cross reference to an equation, a statement in your document such as "As was shown in Equation 3...". This cannot be done as easily as expected in Microsoft. The following method is a little clumsy. You will need to use a Bookmark to reference the equation number. Bookmarking an Equation Number 1. Click on the equation number to select it, then issue the command Insert, Bookmark.

2. Assign a meaningful name to the Bookmark (bookmark names should start with a letter and should not include any spaces), and click Add. Repeat this process for any equation that you wish to reference. Creating the Cross Reference To create a cross reference to the equation somewhere in your text, first type any introductory text, such as "As we saw in Equation" and then issue the command Insert, Reference, Cross Reference.

1. Under Reference Type select Bookmark, and from the presented list of bookmarks, choose the appropriate one. Under Insert reference to select Paragraph number (full context) and click Insert.

Updating Field Numbering If you add or delete equations in the middle of the document, the numbers may not be automatically updated. To update, press CTRL+A for Select All, then press F9. Notes In Insert Equation, right click on an equation to organise them. Delete unwanted equations. There can be duplicates. How Equation Works Equation editor uses Maths autocorrect. To see more, click on an equation, then from the Equation Tools Design tab, click on Tools , Then click on Math AutoCorrect and Recognised Functions to learn more.

Equations in Excel 2010 The same equation editor can be used in Excel 2010 (but not 2007). You can either insert an equation directly into a sheet or into a text box. The shortcut Alt= does not work except if you have already created a text box to put the equation in. There does not seem to be a shortcut (not even a ribbon shortcut). Select Equation from the Insert Menu. For Excel an object box is provided. This does not autosize so needs to be extended if the equation is too large. Equations options are not available on the equation editing box, but instead they can be accessed by clicking on the equation and using the Equation Tools Design ribbon.

Equations in PowerPoint 2010 These seem to be similar to Excel 2010. The shortcut Alt = works within a text box.

Table of Maths AutoCorrect. Below is a complete list of AutoCorrect words that can be used in equations. All of these are case sensitive. For each of these use \keyword then a space. To make the spaces clear they are shown below as For simple cases no example is given. Where another word is shown in brackets, it indicates the opposite keyword. Keyword Example Result above acute aleph amalg angle approx aoint asmash asterix asymp atop Bar bar because begin (end) below beth bot bigcap, bigcup. bigodot, bigoplus, bigotimes bigsqcup, biguplus bigvee bigwedge bowtie
bot bra (ket) breve x\breve

y\abovex y\acute

x\Bar x\bar

\begin z\belowx

x\boty

bullet cap cbrt cdot cdots check chi Chi circ close clubsuit coint cong cup daleth dashv dd ddddot dddot ddot ddots degree delta Delta diamond diamondsuit div dot doteq dots doublea doubleZ etc Downarrow downarrow dsmash ell emptyset

\bulletx x\capy x\cdoty x\check \close

y\dashvx \int x\dd x x\ddddot+y (or) x\ddddot x\dddot+y x\ddot+y or

x\dot

end enspace epsilon, Epsilon eqarray equiv eta Eta exists forall fraktura frakturZ gamma Gamma ge gets gg gimel grave hairsp hat hbar heartsuit hookleftarrow hookrightarrow hphantom hvec iiint iint int Im in inc (Delta) infty int iota Iota kappa Kappa x\hvec e\grave xy\hairspz x\hat \ge or >= or \geq xy\enspacez

\eqarray(2x+y=z@3x+z=5)
\eta\Eta

ket lambda Lambda langle lbrace lbrack lceil ldiv ldots le leq Leftarrow leftarrow leftharpoondown leftharpoonup Leftrightarrow leftrightarrow lfloor ll mapsto matrix mid models mp mu Mu nabla naryand nbsp ne neq nearrow ni norm notcontain notelement nu Nu nwarrow odot oiiint \norm(x+y)\norm ( ) ?? \mp-+ \matrix(1&2@3&4) x\midy x\ldivy \le \leq <= * ,

oiint oint omega Omega ominus open oplus otimes over / overbar overbrace overparen parallel partial phantom phi Phi pi Pi pm +pppprime ppprime pprime prec preceq prime prod propto psi Psi qdrt rangle ratio rbrace rbrack rceil rddots x\ratioy + \qdrt(x) x\prime \pm+x\pppprime x\ppprime x\pprime x\overy \overbar(x+y) \overbrace(x+y) \overparen(x+y)

Re rect rfloor rho Rho Rightarrow rightarrow rightharpoondown rightharpoonup scripta to scriptZ sdiv searrow setminus sigma Sigma sim simeq smash spadesuit sqcap sqcup sqrt sqsubseteq sqsuperseteq star subset subseteq succ succeq sum superset superseteq swarrow tau Tau therefore theta Theta \sqrt(x) x\sdiv(y+z) \Rightarrow\rightarrow -> \rect(x+y)

thicksp thinsp tilde times to top tvec underbar underbrace underparen Uparrow uparrow Updownarrow updownarrow uplus upsilon Upsilon varepsilon varphi varpi varrho varsigma vartheta vbar vdash vdots vec vee Vert vert vphantom vthicksp wedge wp wr xi Xi zeta Zeta

xy\thickspz xy\thinspz x\tilde x\timesy x\topy x\tvec \underbar(x+y) \underbrace(x+y) \underparen(x+y)

x\vbary

x\vec

| x\vthickspy\thickspz

Terms that I dont understand yet are: box \box(n&x) where n is a code

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