UsingWord2007snewequationeditor

OpenanewequationbytypingALT=
Youshouldseesomethinglikethis:
YoucannowinsertsymbolsusingtheEquationtoolbarthatappears.Wordnowalsoimplementsamuchmoreconvenientwayoftypingequations.
Totrythis,intheboxthatappearedliterallytypethefollowing(exceptforspacewhichmeanshitthespacebar)
\alpha=2\kappaspacespace\omega/cspace
Theresultshouldlooklikethis:o = 2
o
c

Anotherexampleusingacharatermodifier:
S\vecspacespace=1/\mu_0spacespaceS\vecspacespace\timesspaceB\vecspacespace
Theresultshouldlooklikethis:S

=
1

0
E

Notethatthe\vecisamodifier:youcanuseittomodifyanypreviouslytypedcharacter
Anotherexample:subandsuperscripts.Typethefollowing,andlookatthescreenasyoudothistoseetheequationappear
\chi(\omega)=Ne^2/(m_espace\epsilon_0space)space\cdotspace1/(\omega_0^2\omega^2i\Gamma\omega)space
Theresultshouldlooklikethis:_() =
Nc
2
m
c
c
0

1
o
0
2
-o
2
-Io

Notethatthebrackets(and)canservetomakesurethatagroupofcharactersstaystogether(asthedenominatorinthisexample)
Youcanstilleditthisbyclickingintheequation,usingcursorkeys,thedelbutton,normalcutandpaste,etc.,andtypingnewcommands
Afinalexampleinvolvingintegrationandintegrationlimits:
n(\omega)=c/\pispacespace\int_0^\inftyspacespace\alpha(\omega)/(\omega^2\omega^2)spaced\omega
Theresultshouldlooklikethis:n() =
c

]
u(o
|
)
o
|2
-o
2
J
i

0

Alistoftheavailablecommandsandmodifiersisgivenbelow.
Operatorsandcommonsymbols
To get Type



\cdot or \bullet

\sqrt
V \cbrt
V \qdrt

\Im

\Re

\nabla

\partial

\emptyset

\inc

\infty
l \hbar

Arrows
To get Type

\leftrightarrow

\Leftrightarrow

\rightarrow

\Rightarrow

\to

<-

->
Symbolmodifiers
To get Type

\vec

\tvec
^ \hat

\overbar

\bar

\hvec

\dot
\ddot
\ddot
~ \tilde

Comparison,equation,etc.
To get Type

\cong

\approx

\propto

\sim

\simeq

\equiv

\ne or \neq

\ge or \geq or >=

\le or \leq or <=

\ll

\gg

\mp or -+

\pm or +-

Integralandsummationsetc
To get Type

\coint

\iiint

\iint

\int

\oiiint

\oiint

\oint

\prod

\sum

Brackets
To get Type

\begin

\bra

\end

\ket

\lbrace

\lbrack

\langle

\rangle

\rbrace

\rbrack

Tricks:
CTRL^agives
CTRL:agives
CTRL~agives
CTRL`agives
CTRLagives
a^2(space)givesa
2

a_2(space)givesa
2

Usingmodifiers:
a\vec(space)givesa
\quadraticgivesx =
-b_b
2
-4uc
2u

Possibleautocorrectentries:
(userdefinable)

\E=10^
\del=
\cross=
\prop=

Greek:
To get Type

\alpha

\beta

\chi

\delta

\Delta

\epsilon

\Epsilon

\eta

\gamma

\Gamma

\hbar

\kappa

\lambda

\Lambda

\mu

\omega

\Omega

\phi

\Phi

\pi

\Pi

\psi

\Psi

\rho

\sigma

\Sigma

\sum

\tau

\theta

\Theta

\xi

\Xi

\zeta

\Zeta

Alternategreek:
To get Type

\varepsilon

\varphi

\varpi

\varrho

\varsigma

\vartheta

Other
To get Type

\prime or '

\ratio

\eqarray

\funcapply

\matrix
e \ee
\ell
: \gimel
! \ii
[ \jj

\norm

\over

\parallel

\mid

\breve

\setminus

\vert or \vbar

\Vert

\wp

\slashedfrac

\ubar

\underbar

Fulllist
To get Type



\above

\aleph

\alpha

\Alpha

\amalg

\angle

\approx

\asmash

\ast

\asymp

\atop

\bar

\Bar

\begin

\below

\bet

\beta

\Beta

\bot

\bowtie

\box

\bra

\breve

\bullet

\cap

\cbrt

\cdot

\cdots

\check

\chi

\Chi

\circ

\close

\clubsuit

\coint

\cong

\cup

\dalet

\dashv

\dd

\Dd

\ddddot

\dddot

\ddot

\ddots

\degree

\delta

\Delta

\diamond

\diamondsuit

\div

\dot

\doteq

\dots

\downarrow

\Downarrow

\dsmash

\ee

\ell

\emptyset

\end

\epsilon

\Epsilon

\eqarray

\equiv

\eta

\Eta

\exists

\forall

\funcapply

\gamma

\Gamma

\ge

\geq

\gets

\gg

\gimel

\hat

\hbar

\heartsuit

\hookleftarrow

\hookrightarro
w

\hphantom

\hvec

\ii

\iiint

\iint

\Im

\in

\inc

\infty

\int

\iota

\Iota

\jj

\kappa

\Kappa

\ket

\lambda

\Lambda

\langle

\lbrace

\lbrack

\lceil

\ldivide

\ldots

\le

\leftarrow

\Leftarrow

\leftharpoondo
wn

\leftharpoonup

\leftrightarrow

\Leftrightarrow

\leq

\lfloor

\ll

\mapsto

\matrix

\mid

\models

\mp

\mu

\Mu

\nabla

\naryand

\ne

\nearrow

\neq

\ni

\norm

\nu

\Nu

\nwarrow

\o

\O

\odot

\oiiint

\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
\quadratic

\rangle

\ratio

\rbrace

\rbrack

\rceil

\rddots

\Re

\rect

\rfloor

\rho

\Rho

\rightarrow

\Rightarrow

\rightharpoond
own

\rightharpoonu
p

\sdivide

\searrow

\setminus

\sigma

\Sigma

\sim

\simeq

\slashedfrac

\smash

\spadesuit

\sqcap

\sqcup

\sqrt

\sqsubseteq

\sqsuperseteq

\star

\subset

\subseteq

\succ

\succeq

\sum

\superset

\superseteq

\swarrow

\tau

\Tau

\theta

\Theta

\times

\to

\top

\tvec

\ubar

\Ubar

\underbar

\underbrace

\underparen

\uparrow

\Uparrow

\updownarrow

\Updownarrow

\uplus

\upsilon

\Upsilon

\varepsilon

\varphi

\varpi

\varrho

\varsigma

\vartheta

\vbar

\vdash

\vdots

\vec

\vee

\vert

\Vert

\vphantom

\wedge

\wp

\wr

\xi

\Xi

\zeta

\Zeta
(space with zero
width)
\zwsp

-+

+-

<-

<=

->

>=