] Especially, when saving DOC files using Word 2007, equations are rendered as graphics as the older DOC format as well as older versions of Office do not support OMML, which prevents editing and flexibly printing the equations. DOCX files impairs its usability for scholarly publishing as the conversion to and from MathML to OMML while converting between DOC and DOCX is not seamless and automatic. Academic publishers have noted that the rendering of equations as graphics in. The OMML format is different from the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C) MathML recommendation. Equation number management is also possible using macros. ] 'Office Math Markup Language (OMML)' is a mathematical markup language embedded in WordProcessingML, with intrinsic support for including word processing markup like revision markings, footnotes, comments, images and elaborate formatting and styles. Unicode Plain Text Encoding of Mathematics is also supported. ] The revised equation editor is built into the document-editing part of the interface rather than being operated through a separate dialog and being treated as an OLE object in the document. Its feature set has not changed significantly since its introduction in Word for Windows, version 2.0.įor Microsoft Office 2007, Equation Editor is included as is, however some Office 2007 applications also include a reengineered equation editor with support for a TeX-like linear input/edit language called 'Office Math Markup Language' ( Office MathML or OMML) in addition to its WYSIWYG interface. It can be used as a standalone program or it can also be used from within applications that support OLE as an embedded object. It is a simplified version of Design Science MathType.

Equation Editor was developed by Design Science and is included in all Microsoft Office versions and several other commercial applications. The linear input 'a=(b/c)^x+.' would produce this output.Įquation Editor is a formula editor developed by Design Science that allows users to construct math and science equations in a WYSIWYG environment. Caption = Equation Editor under Microsoft Office 2007.

Microsoft word equation editor