Math Symbols

[higgish]

I am a math teacher in secondary ed. I find it very frustrating that the program does not have a microsoft equation type programing. It is very difficult to group fractions and symbols and keep dragging in.

[Westlake]

There are 2 flipcharts on Promethean Planet that you may find useful:
Maths equation maker - it features numbers, letters, exponents and operation signs which you can simply drag together to make your equations.
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/ConResource.11476

and
Maths and Greek symbols
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/ConResource.9449

Hope this is the kind of thing you are looking for.
Hilary

[Westlake]

Are you really using Activprimary with your secondary Math classes? (just going by the Forum area you posted to...)
Hilary

[Piman]

the best (and only reliable) way to create equations in AS is to do them in word and then use the (wonderful!) camera tool. Keep a copy of the word file in the same directory if you thiunk that you may need to edit the equation at a later date. As you say, there are limited symbols ... but I usually end up dragging separate boxes together (tedious :()

Phil

[rexboggs5]

A post to another thread that I wrote a short while ago:

I have MathType on my toolbar (in the 3rd column). I click on it to open MathType.

Now if I am working on a flipchart page and need an equation, I use Alt-Tab to select MathType. I type the equation in MathType, select it (Ctrl-A), and drag it onto the flipchart page. So it is quite easy.

This is an image of the equation and not the equation itself, so if you want to make a change, you have to re-do it in MathType.

If you want 5 equations that are all similar, after you drag the equation onto the flipchart, press Ctrl-V to paste the equation back into MathType, make the changes and drag it, etc

Overall, using MathType with ActivStudio is reasonably easy.

Don't have MathType? Download it from the web for a 30-day free trial. After the 30 days are up, it continues to work in 'lite' mode, which is at least as good as Equation Editor.

Cheers

Rex

[bapahunt]

When I use the "less than or equal to" (or the "greater than") symbols in text mode they don't show up at all. Anybody having similar problems or know a solution?

[LisaD]

Could it be your font? Try doing it with another one and see if that works. Just an idea!

Lisa