Equation editor

[Jay Barracato]

Is it possible to post a mathematical equation? Here is an attempt using the current version of word.

I would love an equation editor that worked in threaded discussions

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: Equation editor

Uhh... maybe there's a plugin to take LaTeX? Otherwise... take a screen shot and post that?

 

[Jay Barracato]

Re: Equation editor

The screen shot might work. The cutting and pasting did not. Actually I didn't realize this actually posted because the process of posting crashed my browser.

I was reading through Nick's post and thinking how much easier formated math is to follow. I have the same problem with the online portion of my college class and it uses a text editor tht is identical to the text editor in this bulletin board.

The work around I use to send information to my students is to convert to pdf but if they are not computer savvy, they have difficulties sending information back to me.

 

[Phil Graham]

Re: Equation editor

Uhh... maybe there's a plugin to take LaTeX? Otherwise... take a screen shot and post that?

This might do it?:
http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: Equation editor

Jay,

You cut and pasted links to files on your computer, which can only be referenced locally. You need to upload those images, not just link to them.

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: Equation editor

This might do it?:
http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html

We could install that, but only David and I could use it since everyone else can't use HTML.

 

[Jay Barracato]

Re: Equation editor

But I didn't cut and paste to a file, I cut and pasted an object from word that the editor doesn't recognize so it decided it must be a file.

It still seems like extra steps. Once I use the equation editor in word, I have to change it to some type of graphic in order to embed it into a message.

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: Equation editor

You are going to have to save it as a graphic and upload it.

 

[Charles Harrigan]

Re: Equation editor

you can type it into Wolfram Alpha and then it will give you an image of the function that you can upload to this site.




edit: it doesn't work too well with differential equations....