Hi there, sorry for asking a question for my first post!

I am using Office 2013 and Office 2010 on two different computers and often need to make equations in MS Word.

I use the Equations tab and often need to use a curly x and other characters but it defaults to a regular x when it is the first thing entered. I can easily highlight it and then italicise it and then it appears curly, but this is something that I think should be default. I have a friend using Office 2007 and it seems to be default on his computer.

If anyone knows a way to make it curly by default I'd really appreciate it as it's something I enter a lot. By the way, the default font used is Cambria Math and the Equation Options and Maths AutoCorrect are set to default. Thanks!

(For some reason when I insert an equation on PowerPoint, the x is automatically made curly, it just seems to be Word specifically where it needs to be italicised manually.)

Anyone who didn't notice this message previously have any ideas?

Anyone who didn't see either of these messages before have an idea?