Creating Multiple Equations Without Closing Equation Editor

 Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
Article ID: Q86611
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

This article tells how to create and insert multiple equations in Word for Windows without closing and restarting the Microsoft Equation Editor for each equation.

MORE INFORMATION

If you need to insert several equations in your Word document, it may be convenient to launch Equation Editor and leave it running in the background while you edit your Word document.

Unlike other applications supplied with Word for Windows, you can start and run Equation Editor outside of Word, from Windows Program Manager. When you run Equation Editor in this manner, you can switch between applications using the Windows task swapping procedures described on pages 56-57 of "Microsoft Windows User's Guide," version 3.1.

Starting Equation Editor from Program Manager

The Equation Editor program file (EQNEDIT.EXE) is located in the <WINDOWS>\MSAPPS\EQUATION subdirectory. From the File menu in Windows Program Manager, choose Run. On the Command Line, type the path and filename and choose the OK Button. For example, type the following: 

   c:\windows\msapps\equation\eqnedit.exe
When you launch Equation Editor from Windows Program Manager, as described above, no client-server relationship exists between Word and Equation Editor. As a result, you must copy the equation in Equation Editor, switch to Word, and paste the equation in your Word document. Because Equation Editor is not in a server relationship with Word, no Update command appears on the File menu in Equation Editor.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Windows User's Guide," version 3.1, pages 56-57

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Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
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