Importing MathType equations to FM 7.2

[Michael Zaichenko]

I concur to what Alan says. Equations is what this program was written for 
in the first place. I'm not so familiar with MathType but I think the user 
should get more familiar with Frame Equations as it is pretty obvious he 
underestimates them.

Michael


>From: Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>To: framers at frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Importing MathType equations to FM 7.2
>Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 08:57:06 +1200
>
>
>On 7/04/2007, at 7:33 AM, Brad Anderson wrote:
>
>>On Apr 6, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Gabrielle Burns wrote:
>>
>>>I am using MathType 5 to create equations (the FM equation editor  is not
>>>robust enough),
>
>What do you mean? Can you be more specific please. I have never had a  
>problem with it causing crashes, or with equations not displaying  
>correctly.
>
>>>saving them as *.gif files, and importing them to FM into an
>>>anchored frame. The issue is that the text elements and sub/ superscripts
>>>look fuzzy. They look even worse after converting to Adobe PDF.
>
>As others have said, GIF is not a print format. It is a screen only  
>format.
>
>>>
>>>I also tried saving the MathType file as *.eps (an archived message
>>>indicated this was possible). FM 7.2 does not accept importing  *.eps 
>>>into an
>>>anchored frame.
>
>Yes it does. And GIF, PDF, WMF, EMF, ... Have you tried using a  different 
>format?
>
>>>I tried copying the equation from MathType and pasting it
>>>into FM.
>
>Something I have always found that results in problems. MathType is  not 
>the same program as FM and will use different internal commands  to create 
>its files.
>
>>>It accepts the text and super/subscripts, but not the symbols.
>
>That stands to reason. The text are characters and can be copied as  such 
>onto the clip board. The symbols are probably drawn by MathType  and exist 
>as a series of commands within the program until the file  is exported as 
>some interchange format like EPS or PDF. So copying  and pasting from 
>MathType is not the same as exporting to a file and  importing into FM.
>
>>>In the meantime, the engineers I support are quite displeased with  the 
>>>Adobe
>>>rendering of equations.
>
>There are few who do it better.
>
>>>My concern is the possibility of having to return to
>>>Microsoft Word, which supports MathType. Thank you.
>
>That is always your choice. You should not blame us, Adobe or anyone  else 
>for you the choices you make.
>
>Alan
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