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4 August 2021 at 14:02 #557007
duncan webster 1
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Not really CAD related, but near. The equation editor in Libre Office is fairly useless. Anyone know a better one, freeware of course. I've tried downloading Mathtype which claimed to be free to download, well it is but you can't use it until you've parted with cash. Using SMath studio id dead easy, but ten pasting the image into Libre Office is not convincing
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4 August 2021 at 14:02 #21352
duncan webster 1
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4 August 2021 at 14:37 #557011
ega
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Have you tried the LO forum?
4 August 2021 at 14:52 #557012
Calum
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The program I always turn to for mathematics typesetting is LyX. It's a front-end for LaTeX, and it can do more or less anything LaTeX can do, sometimes more easily, sometimes less. I haven't used it to generate individual images for insertion into Word, but I would think it's possible. At worst screenshotting would work.

Also, w3c maintain a list of MathML editors here:

https://www.w3.org/wiki/Math_Tools#Equation_editors

I don't know how well any of them work!
4 August 2021 at 15:32 #557018
SillyOldDuffer
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Lyx might be easier than TexStudio, which I like. Both are front ends to LATEX, a full-blown typesetting tool for producing reports, articles, letters etc. Not really for making blobs of maths for insertion into another package, though it can be done : one output is postscript. Not WYSIWYG either: the idea is the writer just types and lets the typesetter do the formatting to an approved style, typically academic.

Though Lyx and TexStudio power assist by adding boilerplate the input is like this (TexStudio):

Power user tool. Harder to learn than perhaps is justified for doing one or two odd jobs, but pays off big time the more it's used, especially on largish plus documents.

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5 August 2021 at 10:39 #557113
John Haine
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The academics I know seem to enter the entire paper in LaTex. But if you can stand Microsoft I have found the Word Equation Editor does the job fine though there is a bit of a learning curve.
8 August 2021 at 17:15 #557562
duncan webster 1
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I think that LaTex shows how academics lie to make things difficult. WYSYWYG it isn't. I've found Formulator which seems at first sight to be OK, not used it much yet, but it's easier than Libre Office

Thanks to those who replied

Edited By duncan webster on 08/08/2021 17:15:22
8 August 2021 at 22:02 #557609
duncan webster 1
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Before any academics get upset I meant to type…… Academics like….
9 August 2021 at 00:09 #557614
Calum
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It's a good example of making the simple things hard, but the hard things possible. The LyX frontend, by the way, is somewhere between WYSIWYG and screenfuls of code. The equation editor in particular is now very easy to use.
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