Word Processing Mathematics

Word Processing More professional Don’t use handwritten symbols Don’t use poorly word processed symbols

Word Processing Ex: Which looks better to you? x^2 = 9 \/x^2 = +-\/9

Word Processing Formatting rules Use italics for: Function names Variables Greek letters Use standard text for all other symbols

Word Processing Microsoft Equation Editor Click on “Insert” Click on “Object”

Word Processing Microsoft Equation Editor Scroll to Microsoft Equation 3.0 Click “OK”

Word Processing Microsoft Equation Editor Operator Symbols: Multiplication, etc. Word Processing Greek letters (lower & uppercase) Microsoft Equation Editor Set theory Misc. Relational Symbols Spacing Summation Notation Type your math text here Grouping Symbols Fractions & Radicals Exponents & subscripts

Word Processing Microsoft Equation Editor The “Style” menu will control how your text appears. If you want to text mathematics in italics, use the “Math” option. Anything you type will automatically be italized. Note: you won’t be able to put blank spaces in this mode with the spacebar button. If you only want plain text, then you click on “Text”, and you can type like you would in a word document

Word Processing Microsoft Equation Editor The Format menu will be used to control the alignment of your text. Clicking on this will align the equations along the equal sign.

Word Processing Good vs Bad Word Processing f(x) f(x) or f(x) log x = 3 log x = 3 sin θ sin θ A = πr2 A = πr^2 R(q) = q · D(q) R(q) = q * D(q)