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RESOURCE FOR INSERTING FORMULAE IN TO DOCUMENTS

Does anyone know of any software (hopefully free) that would allow me easily to inset formulas in to documents such as Word or PowerPoint on a PC/


Thanks in anticipation.
  • MS Word has an equation editor built in if it helps?

    ("Insert" tab --> "Symbols"  --> "Equation" (pi symbol))


    Can't remember if PowerPoint has it internally but I would expect you can copy/paste from Word if not.


    It can cope with most requirements, certainly in relatively small volumes such as quoting formulae in a report... A complex proof might be a bit more laborious, but last time I did anything like that it had to be hard-coded in LaTeX, way back at uni!


    Jam
  • Libreoffice has the lot. Its free and is probably more useful than Microsoft office.

    Expect microsoft to get cheesed off and either buy out the Document Foundation rights or make it difficult to integrate it with the microsoft products.

    If they do choose the second then I'll move all my machines over to Linux.

    Legh
  • Hi John,


    Word, PowerPoint and Excel will let you enter equations (although Excel does not use them as a formula just yet). They all (from 2016 onwards I think) include, as an option, "ink to math" where you draw the equation with your mouse, or on a touchscreen, and it converts what you wrote/drew into an editable equation in the Equation Editor. Windows 10 has a "Math input panel" built in as well, that you can use with PowerPoint, Excel and Word - I'm not sure what other applications are "MathML" compatible?
  • The OP said he wanted something that was hopfully free. I don't believe that Microsoft have managed to reach a level of true altruism as yet ...lol.

    Legh
  • Legh Richardson:

    The OP said he wanted something that was hopfully free. I don't believe that Microsoft have managed to reach a level of true altruism as yet ...lol.

    Legh


    Agreed, but if you've already god MS Word, it costs no more.


  • If you want to use Latex without using Latex, Codecogs has an online equation editor
    Example equation made with codecogs.

    For Google Docs users, the Auto-LaTeX add-on can turn LaTeX equations into embedded images.

    LibreOffice can code equations with an extension called TeXMaths, which converts LaTeX syntax into a PNG or SVG image.

    They produce images, which may be acceptable to users but will not satisfy a typesetter who will have to reset the equation.

    There is also Mathjax which has an online demo mode.