Some time ago I used the equation editor, it was not very integrated with office but it was written by someone who knew very well the requirment of a people who have to write mathematics documents.



The new equation is sure more beautifull, but with some important lacks.

• when I open a curly bracket with 2 lines inside I cannot align the lines to left, the are always centered.
  The same with matrix
• when I insert "/", it is interpreted as a division and equation editor tray to transform my text as a fraction
• I cannot write a symbol (for example =) writing something over the symbol (I can do something similar with the right arrows or with a predefinited text over the symbol)

These things are usually done writing in mathematics, and I seems impossible that it is not possible with the new equation editor.
Do you know some way to do this things?

You can still use the older Microsoft Equation 3.0 in Word 2013. Just click Insert tab | Object and locate Microsoft Equation 3. Beyond that, you will have to purchase MathType.

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Stefan Blom
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