Re: Copying equations from Word (2007) to Powerpoint (2007)
- From: "Bob Mathews" <bob1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:57:13 GMT
Unfortunately, that's just the way it is. The OMML equation editor
(i.e., the "new" one in Word 2007) isn't made to be used in PowerPoint
or Excel. But all is not lost. You have 2 choices:
1. PowerPoint still has an Equation Editor. It's the one we're all
familiar with that's been around since Office v.2. Access it via
Insert > Object, just like in previous versions of Office. If you go
this route, you'll have to re-create each equation separately.
2. If you want to use your existing equations from Word, you can use
MathType to get them into PowerPoint. (There's a free 30-day trial if
you want to try it out first.) Again, 2 choices here:
2a. After you install MathType, there's a MathType tab on the Ribbon
in both Word and PowerPoint. With the document open in Word, select
the MathType tab, and choose the Convert Equations command in the
Format group. Make sure on the left "Word 2007 (OMML) equations" is
checked, and on the right "MathType equations (OLE objects)" is
selected. If you want to convert all the equations in the document,
make sure that option is selected too. Click OK. After the equations
are converted, copy them one at a time and paste them into PowerPoint.
One more suggestion -- if all the equations in PowerPoint need to be
the same size, double-click one of the equations after you convert it
to MathType. In MathType, choose Style > Define, and change the font
to the font you're using in PPT. Click OK and choose Size > Define.
Click the "Factory Settings" button in the lower right, then change
the Full size to the text size you're using in PPT. Click OK and close
MathType. Copy the equation. Remember the "Convert Equations" command
you just used? The "Format Equations" command is directly above it.
Choose this. Select the options "Equation on clipboard" and "Whole
document". Click OK. When the conversion is complete, you can use the
equations in PPT.
2b. If you just need one or two equations, you don't need to convert
them first. Just select the equation in Word that you want to use, and
copy it. Go to PowerPoint and choose the Insert Equation command from
the MathType tab. Paste the equation into MathType. Now change the
font & size as described in 2a. Close MathType and you're good to go.
Another disadvantage of going this route is that you have to change
font/size of each equation separately in MathType when you paste it
into PPT.
--
Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
bobm at dessci.com
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On 25-May-2009, Seb83France wrote:
I didn't want to get a link to word or a word document included.
into powerpoint. What i wanted to do was to use my
equations from word by pasting them into powerpoint like if I
created them directly in powerpoint; it looks like if we were
using different equation editor.
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