Math Type Editing Procedures 051704

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G uidelines to work in MathType and print on Tiger Advantage 3D

This is one of the formats followed to print text in Braille/dotsplus on paper. Thisformat is not good for reading. MathType is used to insert the equations and print inBraille/dotsplus on tiger printer.

After editing the text is printed on a special paper through Tiger Printer.

Corresponding to paper size !!" !!# that is used for printing$ a Microsoft %ordTemplate is created and can &e used directly to edit the documents. A detailedprocedure of setting the Page size is gi'en in Appendix A. (t is required to go throughthis appendix in order to gain an insight.

Alignment and Editing

!# )o formatting with respect to ta& spaces$ ma*e sure e'ery line &egins at the left.+# Ma*e the text alignment left aligned. ,o not *eep -ustified.

# Ma*e e'erything left aligned including the headings.# Important Initial Set up:

Method I:0elect all from the scanned 1T2 document$ copy and paste into notepad. 2romnotepad select all and copy into the Math Type templatepresent in the Mathtypefolder on the Altformat ser'er.Method II:2or documents edited in triangle and that ha'e to &e con'erted to Mathtype$ it wasfound that changing the settings font$ font size and page setup# manually usingthose outlined in Appendix A wor*ed &etter than the Method ! &ecause it a'oidedthe appearance of spurious sym&ols li*e dots.

3# Chec* if the font is Tiger !font size !and character spacing normal.4# All sym&ols and special characters 5e"#ludingcomma $# full6stop .# and hyphen

6# 7 these should &e in Tiger !8 should &e from Sym$ol Tiger E"pert. 9seglo&al replace 1efer page 4# to achie'e the same. E%ual to signis accepta&le if itis in Tiger +:$ &ut for consistency replace from sym&ol tiger expert prefera&ly.

;# All su$s#ripts& supers#ripts and mathemati#al operatorsin equations are to &edone in MathType.


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!!# 9se 0ym&ol Tiger >xpert rather than MathType for sym&ols and mathematicaloperators when occurring as a part of text. ,o not unnecessarily use MathTypeo&-ects in flowing text$ they consume a lot of memory space.

!+# 9se apostrophe from 0ym&ol Tiger >xpert. %hen glo&ally replacing apostrophe?s$

paste the apostrophe sym&ol from sym&ol tiger expert in the replace window$ don?tinsert from *ey&oard.!# %hen con'erting a document edited in Triangle special care needs to &e ta*en

with respect to 'arious sym&ols and formatting. @lo&al 1eplacement? or @2ind and1eplace? techniques are employed for specific sym&ols and care should &e ta*enthat other sym&ols are not mista*enly o'erwritten.

MathType

MathType is a program used to insert mathematical equations and complicatedexpressions. MathType should &e present as one of the items on the Menu &ar. (n orderto print properly in dotsplus certain styles$ sizes and spaces needs to ta*en care of. Apreference file A)*G+ is created to accommodate the appropriate font type$ spacingand sym&ols. ,etailed procedure to set these preferences is gi'en in Appendix B. (t isrequired to go through this appendix in order to gain an insight idea.

(n order to insert a new equation go to

MathType Insert Inline Equation


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The preference file can &e set in two different ways

!# 2rom %ord ,ocument as explained a&o'e#

MathType Set Equation Preferences Load from MathType Pref. file

AFPG1

+# 2rom MathType %indowPreferences Equation Preferences Load from file AFPG1

The latest preference file A)*G+that should &e used is located in the MathTypefolder on altformat on tapser'er.

The MathType Template AFPG ta!es care of the required font si"es# styles andspacin$. So# do not $i%e any additional spacin$ unless required.

,orking in MathType- Do.s and Don.t.s

)ra#tionsinside MathType can also &e done using the *ey&oard fraction.

, )T use pro'ided in MathType. 9se or instead.

Some of the sym$ols and mathemati#al operators from MathType do not printproperly/0o$ in case of a dou&t or new sym&ol print to file on >,3 and chec* if it isprinting properly. 2ew of these exceptions are as listed &elow.

1

, , , , , , 2v v a b

r

= ;?

)ote that the a&o'e are )T the only exceptions &ut are -ust the commonly usedones. (n future if you encounter new sym&ols ma*e sure they are o* &y printing andchec*ing.

*arenthesis:(n Math Type all types of parentheses should &e inserted only from the*ey&oard$ e'en if they loo* &igger in the hardcopy and lots of options exist in Math Typeto do them.

, )T use 12 . 9se1( )2

instead.

, )T use ( )2 2a b+ . 9se 2 2( )a b+ instead.


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0e#tors represented as &old characters in text are usually represented with an o'er&ar. The arrow a&o'e a character is not printed properly so o'er &ar is used instead. (ncase the direction of the arrow a&o'e the character is of importance then the arrows can&e inserted as o'erscripts to the characters. 9se similar procedures for tilde a&o'e$ hata&o'e$ dot a&o'e etc.

)e'er use x $ the doesn?t print. 9se x instead.

ther option is x

$ inserting in o'er script o&tained from

9se o'er&ar from and ('Tfrom

1imitsin case of integral and summation should &e a&o'e and &elow rather than a

superscript and su&script.

9se2

0

x and ('T2

0

x

The spacing for su&script and su&script are pre6determined in the Preference file andcare should &e ta*en when doing expressions in'ol'ing &oth su&scripts andsuperscripts. A supers#ript should always follow the supers#ript/

9se 21x &ut ('T2

1x

Ta$les in MathType:Can &e done as regular ta&le using lines and cells. 9se &iggercells than the size of the text. 2or normal text without anyfractions/superscripts/su&scripts a row height of .; inch is suggested. Dertically center6align the text and gi'e a space at the &eginning. Ad-ust the cells appropriately to pro'idesome space at the end of text and next cell. , )T center align horizontally. Ma*esure the ta&le does not go &eyond the page size. 0plit the ta&le appropriately ifnecessary. 2or example loo* into @0ample Ta&le.doc?.

2oman numeralsin this format are not differentiated with ordinary unless 'ery much

necessary. All the roman numerals are con'erted to ordinary num&er. 1efer to 1oman)umeral )otations in Appendix C for any clarifications

Spa#ing: 0pacing in Math Type is ta*en care of &y the A2P! preference file.Anyways$ this feature wor*s only if the 0tyle is Math and not Text. 0o ma*e sure whenediting equations 0tyle is set to Math. CtrlEspace is the shortcut for inserting spaces inMath Type. nly use this if you feel you need extra spaces in some cases.


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)ormat E%uations is an important feature when wor*ing with MathType. Thedo#uments already done in normal te"t and MathType e%uations #an $e easily#onverted to this printa$le format/Change the text to Tiger +: and to change theequations go to

MathType Format Equations MathType Preference File AFPG1

The a&o'e procedure will ta*e care of all the equation in that document. 0light changesmay &e necessary if additional spacing in gi'en in the original MathType equations.

Additional elpful *oints

Feep sa'ing the documents frequently$ as these documents occupy large memoryspace there is good chance of the application freezing.

9se AltECtrlEG for opening a Math Type window and CtrlE2 for closing.

raphics are inserted in most of the MathType documents usually referred as merging.raphics are done separately in another document and later merged with text.

%hen using the shortcuts similar to 2igure$ >nd 2igure remem&er to change the colonto 0ym&ol Tiger >xpert.

(n order to 'iew the whole page on the screen$ zoom can &e set to ;3H pro'ided the

screen area is !+= !+.

(f the MathType o&-ect is not seen shaded you can turn on it &y going toTools &ptions 'ie( Fleld Shadin$ Al(ays

(f the equations in MathType window are seen too &ig and could not &e seen on thescreen$ the Ioom 'iew can &e reduced to !H. (nside MathType window 6 'ie(

)oom **+.

*rinting on Tiger Advantage 3D:

Math Type documents can &e printed only on >,3 as that?s the one connected to theTiger Printer.

!. pen the document to &e printed and chec* if alignment is o*. 0ometimes it loo*sdifferent on different computers.

+. Print to printerJ Tiger ad'antage ,.


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. ,o not separate pages unless requested &y student.. Chec* the printed document to see if all sym&ols are printed right. Those that are

not will &e printed as a small rectangular &loc* filed with dots.

Steps to do a Glo$al 2epla#e 40ery Important5

0elect sym&ol to &e replaced from the document and copy itCtrl c# Fey in Ctrl f and the 2ind and replace window opens PasteCtrl '# the sym&ol in the 2ind whatJ space)o 2ormatting# Bring cursor to the 1eplace withJ space and go to 2ormat2ontin the 2ind and

replace window# and select font as 0ym&ol Tiger >xpert.

Clic* on a &lan* space on the %ord window*ey in Alt E i$ s to open the 0ym&olwindowgo to 0ym&ol Tiger >xpertdou&le clic* on the sym&ol to replacewithit appears on the %ord documentcopy it and paste it on the 1eplacewith:space.

Clic* on 1eplace once and chec* if it wor*s and then on 1eplace all.


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The 2ind and replace window loo*s li*e the a&o'e &efore you clic* the 1eplace&utton.

Short#uts in MathType

2or the con'enience some of the shortcuts in MathType are as &elow :

Ctrl E 0pace 0paceCtrl E h 2a 0uperscript

Ctrl E l1

a 0u&script

Ctrl E f n

d

2raction

Ctrl E / nd

2raction


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Ctrl E r 2 0quare 1oot

Ctrl E t$ n 3 x nth root

Ctrl E g$ q ThetaCtrl E g$ a Alpha

Ctrl E g$ & BetaCtrl E g$ g ammaCtrl E g$ d delta small#Ctrl Eg$ m MuCtrl E g$ s 0igmaCtrl E g$ l Kam&daCtrl E g$ p PiCtrl E g$ w megaCtrl E g$ r 1hoCtrl E g$ t Tau

Ctrl E g$ , Capital ,eltaCtrl E g$ 0 0igma 0ummation# withoutlimits

Ctrl E *$ d do (Partial differential)Ctrl E *$ i infinityCtrl E *$ L concurrentCtrl E *$ e &elongs toCtrl E $ 6 x 'er &ar

More Short#uts: 42emem$er to #hange #olon to Sym$ol Tiger E"pert5

E"ampleAlt E r$ x

End E"ample/

*ro$lemAlt E r$ p

End *ro$lem/


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)igureAlt E r$ f

End )igure/

Ta$leAlt E r$ &

End Ta$le/

SidenoteAlt E r$ s

End Sidenote/

)ootnoteAlt E r$ o

End )ootnote/

Sour#e6odeAlt E r$ c

End Sour#e6ode/

TheoremAlt E r$ t

End Theorem/

E%uation Alt E r$ e

Appendi" A

!# pen any word document.

2) 2ile Page 0etup Paper Paper 0ize L 4++ 7 ++5


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3) o to 2ilePage 0etup and change Marginsas follows:top to 8/9$ left to 8/9$&ottom to 8/9$ right to 8/9and utter position to Top#

5 A pop-upwith optionfi" and

ignore&sometimesmight#ome/6hooseignore/

3# Feep the other settings same.

A MathType Template can ,e used directly instead of follo(in$ a,o%e steps. TheMathType Template is located in Altformat-MathType folder.

(f a different paper is &eing used other than the !!" !! paper$ appropriatechanges should &e made to a&o'e settings. 9sually the other paper size could &e =" !!.

Appendi" ;

1) The fonts ha'e &een preset to suit printing in Tiger$ anyways go to 0tyle ,efineand chec* if they are as &elow$


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2) Also chec* for size settings &y going to 0ize,efine

3) 0pacing &etween the characters and mathematical operators is preset. They areset from 2ormat ,efine 0pacing. ,o not change these settings.

Appendi" 6

2oman (umerals E%uivalents

! (+ (( ((( (D3 D4 D(; D((

= D(((: (N! N+ NN NNN NK3 K

4 KN; KNN= KNNN: NC! C+ CC CCC


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C,3 ,4 ,C

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