[Athen] MathML

[Sean J Keegan]

 > I wanted to note that my experience with MathType was
 > less than favorable, although I was trying to create
 > nemeth, as opposed to audio Math. Scientific Notebook
 > did a far superior job, as MsthType rendered many
 > errors in producing problem sets for a developmental Algebra class.

Tom,

Have you documented where you encountered problems with the translation 
of MathType content to Nemeth and would you be willing to share that 
information?  I ran into some issues when going from MS Word/MathType to 
Duxbury as well.  Most of the errors we encountered were issues with the 
type of symbol we used in MathType that affected the conversion process.

Here are a few things we found to aid in the conversion from MS 
Word/MathType to Nemeth:

- For matrices, verify the organization of the matrix in the .DXB file. 
  Sometimes the first or second row of the matrix will be indented and 
not left-aligned.

- Use the "overbar" symbol for vectors.  The hotkey is "Ctrl+^, Right 
Arrow".  The symbol itself should expand if additional characters are 
added beneath the vector symbol.

- Use MathType parentheses and brackets.  The hotkey is Ctrl+9 for 
parentheses.

- For fractions, use the horizontal bar.  The hotkey is Ctrl+f and is 
also known as the "full-size fraction".


Take care,
Sean
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