Open and Close MathType Equations Quickly
Just in case some of you have made the migration to Office 2010 over the summer (I bit the bullet...
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Tag: MathType
eLearning Tools for STEM
For anyone who has ever had trouble convincing your administration to give you the proper tools to teach online, I give you this little gift: eLearning Tools for STEM, published today in eLearning Magazine. The tools for STEM...
Read MoreMax-Plus Algebras
Someone asked for a copy of my Master’s Thesis Max-Plus Algebra: Properties and Applications (written in 2002 when I was finishing my Masters in Mathematics at the University of Wyoming). I thought I would just make it...
Read MoreImpact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed
I’ve had almost two weeks to think about the impact of Wolfram|Alpha (abbreviated as W|A, and now pronounced by me as “Walpha”), and I’m ready to share some of my thoughts with you. After spending...
Read MoreMathType vs LaTeX Challenge
I should have anticipated this, but it was late at night. You may need to first be convinced that MathType has its uses (if you are a LaTeX user). For the record, LaTeX has it’s uses too. Here is my Equation Challenge!...
Read MoreMathType Video Tutorials
At the end of every traveling workshop I do, I like to do 30 minutes on using an Equation Editor. Everyone thinks they “know” how to use one. There’s not anything they can be taught. It’s one of the more...
Read MoreTop 10 Technology Tools for Math 2008
1. Jing gives students and instructors the ability to capture an image of any graph or equation they see on their screen and share it anywhere else (message boards, emails, papers, digital assignments). Using Jing you can also...
Read MoreLewis Dot Diagrams in MathType
I was discussing MathType with my officemate (who is primarily a chemistry instructor), and we got on the topic of Lewis Dot diagrams. She complained that its always been difficult to insert Lewis Dot diagrams into text, and I...
Read MoreTypeset Math Easily on a Computer
Consider an English class prior to word processors. You wrote a sentence. You rewrote the sentence. You rewrote the sentence again. You did this for the whole paper until you had it right. The process looked something like...
Read MoreNudging Text in MathType
Here’s where I have to admit that I used MathType for YEARS before I learned this little tip. However, it’s one of those that I use all the time now that I have learned it.Have you ever had mathematical text that...
Read MoreMathType Tips from the Webinar
Here is a short video demonstration with a few of the tidbits about MathType I picked up from the Design Science Webinar from Bob Matthews:Resizing the view of the MathType buttons Quickly changing the zoom of text without...
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MathType Shortcuts (basics)
You can become much faster using MathType if you just give in and learn a couple of little...
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