Murray Sargent: Math in Office
I'm a software development engineer in Microsoft Office and have been working mostly on the RichEdit editor since 1994. In this blog I focus on mathematics in Office along with some posts on RichEdit and the early Windows days
Smart Canvasses
The Microsoft Math graphing calculator folks have created a Word 2007 add-in that lets you simplify,...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 12/02/2007
STIX Beta Fonts
The STIX folks (Scientific and Technical Information eXchange) folks have a beta version of their...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 11/06/2007
Using RichEdit 6.0 for Math
A number of readers have asked how to use the RichEdit 6.0 shipped with Office 2007 to edit and...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 10/28/2007
Using Left/Right Arrow Keys in Mathematical Text
Paul Libbrecht commented that there’s more to selection in math text than discussed in my...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 09/29/2007
Breaking Equations into Multiple Lines
Long equations often do not fit on a single line and ways are needed to break them up for display on...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 09/01/2007
Automatic arguments
The arguments of math display objects are either optional or essential. Examples of essential...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 07/13/2007
Math Selection
Selection of text in a math zone obeys some special rules concerning built-up math objects, such as...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 06/30/2007
Getting Word 2007 Technical Files into Publisher Pipelines
Nature, Science and other publishers have robust ways of converting Word 2003 documents with...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 06/13/2007
Science and Nature have difficulties with Word 2007 mathematics
Science and Nature, two premier science publications, are having difficulties with Word 2007’s...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 06/04/2007
Using Math Italic and Bold in Word 2007
Mathematical variables represented by Latin and lower-case Greek letters are usually displayed in...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 05/30/2007
When Formula Autobuildup Occurs
People, especially testers, often ask when does formula autobuild up (FAB) occur? After using it for...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 04/15/2007
Creating Math Web Documents using Word 2007
If you use Word 2007 to create a document containing mathematical equations and expressions and save...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 04/15/2007
Math Find/Replace and Rich Text Searches
A number of readers have inquired how to Find/Replace mathematical expressions in Word 2007. This...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 03/15/2007
Cool Equation Number Macros for Word 2007
Dong Yu of Microsoft's Speech Research Group reports: "Office 2007 comes with a very nice equation...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 02/24/2007
Converting Equations from MathType to Word 2007's Equation Format
MathType users may want to convert their equations to Word 2007's native equation format. This can...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 02/11/2007
Office Math RTF and OMML Documentation
The RTF 2007 specification is now available. Word 2007 added as many control words as Word 2000, XP...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 01/12/2007
Saving Windows from the OS/2 Bulldozer
In my blog description, I promised to write occasionally about the early Windows days. So here's a...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 12/07/2006
LineServices
One of the key technologies behind the high quality display of mathematical text in Word 2007 and...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 11/14/2006
User Spaces in Math Zones
Spacing in mathematical expressions involves well defined rules. For example, in the expression...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 11/11/2006
Mathematical RTF
This post discusses the Word 2007 math RTF control words. A good way to understand these control...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 10/25/2006
Some RichEdit History
A couple of comments have raised the question of people outside Microsoft using the various versions...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 10/19/2006
RichEdit versions
Recurring questions are what RichEdit's are available, where they are installed and what features...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 10/13/2006
MathML and Ecma Math (OMML)
Before comparing these two math XMLs, I'm excited to point you at Jennifer Michelstein's nifty post...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 10/06/2006
High-Quality Editing and Display of Mathematical Text in Office 2007
This post is a summary of material I've given in recent talks on math in Office such as this one. In...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 09/13/2006
Formula Autobuildup in Word 2007
This is an introductory post to help users who want to create stunning technical documents in Word...
Author: MurrayS3 Date: 09/06/2006