[Athen] Equation Editors

[John Gardner]

Hello all. Be warned however that the Equation editor is less perfect than MathType, and, at least on the occasions when I have converted relatively complicated equations, some of them did not translate. Fortunately the bad conversions are marked, and it is not all that hard to convert those few by hand.

John


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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Noble,Stephen L.
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 11:18 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Equation Editors

Yes, this process works fine. So...if you have an instructor who doesn't want to try something new and wants to keep using the built-in equation editor which ships with Microsoft Word, then just have the instructor send their Word Docs to the person who coordinates accessible text production (e.g., the DRC) and then that person can use MathType's "Convert Equations" command, which will convert all the expressions in the entire document in a few seconds. You can then save the newly revised document for whatever accessibility purposes you need.

--Steve Noble
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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Robert Beach <rbeach at KCKCC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 9:13 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Equation Editors

It is possible to convert Equation Editor objects to Math Type objects. I've only done it a few times, but it seemed to work fine. Others with more experience may have other results.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Million, Carrie
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 4:59 PM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] Equation Editors

Hello-

My campus has a number of math faculty that still use Microsoft's Equation Editor to draft equations in Word.  I have advised them to switch to MathType.  I have two questions:


1)       Is MS Equation Editor still considered inaccessible?

2)      What accessible equation editors do you recommend your faculty use on your campus?

Many thanks,


Carrie Million
Assistive Technology Specialist
DSS Department Chair
DSS Math Liaison

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