Adobe Illustrator - Equations in Adobe software

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Equations in Adobe software

Alan Bloom

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports and
presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to end up using
InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't been able to find a
good way of inserting or creating equations that I can use for any Adobe
software.

At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I know
that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I don't know
how to bring in equations from the Equation editor (MathType) in Word
either.

I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex because
of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?

Cheers,
Alan Bloom

Paul Asente

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

In article <3fa830ba$1_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>,
"Alan Bloom" <alan_bloom@hotmail.com> wrote:

quote:

> I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports and
> presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to end up using
> InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't been able to find a
> good way of inserting or creating equations that I can use for any Adobe
> software.
>
> At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I know
> that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I don't know
> how to bring in equations from the Equation editor (MathType) in Word
> either.
>
> I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex because
> of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
> Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?

I believe there may be a third-party plug-in for InDesign that does
equation formatting...try a Google search or look on the Adobe site.

-- paul asente
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Stuart

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

After reading your message I assume you want to display the equation in
InDesign.

Have you tried a direct copy and paste from Word into Illustrator?
You could try creating a pdf and placing that in illustrator to edit
before moving it into indesign. A bit long winded but could work.

Stuart

Alan Bloom wrote:

quote:

> I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports and
> presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to end up using
> InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't been able to find a
> good way of inserting or creating equations that I can use for any Adobe
> software.
>
> At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I know
> that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I don't know
> how to bring in equations from the Equation editor (MathType) in Word
> either.
>
> I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex because
> of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
> Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?
>
> Cheers,
> Alan Bloom
>
>
>

Rod

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

Whenever I'm doing presentations I always use LaTeX to do the equations,
because they look fantastic. Make a clean document with just the equation
you need to insert. You can get the postscript output from DVIPS,
encapsulate it with Ghostscript and throw the .EPS straight into
Illustrator... Not as nice as an Adobe equation editor would be since the
..EPS output isn't in a form which lends itself to editing, however the fonts
and formatting LaTeX uses make your equations readable not matter how
complicated.
ROD

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"Alan Bloom" <alan_bloom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3fa830ba$1_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...

quote:

> I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports and
> presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to end up

using

quote:

> InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't been able to find a
> good way of inserting or creating equations that I can use for any Adobe
> software.
>
> At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I know
> that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I don't know
> how to bring in equations from the Equation editor (MathType) in Word
> either.
>
> I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex

because

quote:

> of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
> Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?
>
> Cheers,
> Alan Bloom
>
>

Nicolas Rudaz

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

In article <usenet-DA8B66.02074105112003@news06.west.earthlink.net>,
Paul Asente <usenet@not-asente.com> wrote:

quote:

> I believe there may be a third-party plug-in for InDesign that does
> equation formatting...try a Google search or look on the Adobe site.

That could be MathMagic Personal Edition:
<http://www.mathmagic.com/product/pe.html>

I've used the Mac OS 9 version (freeware) extensively, but I can't
say much about the Mac OS X version.

NR

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Neil Gould

2003-11-21, 12:09 pm

Recently, Alan Bloom <alan_bloom@hotmail.com> posted:

quote:

> I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports
> and presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to
> end up using InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't
> been able to find a good way of inserting or creating equations that
> I can use for any Adobe software.
>
> At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I
> know that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I
> don't know how to bring in equations from the Equation editor
> (MathType) in Word either.
>
> I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex
> because of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
> Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?
>

Yes, but not the 'Adobe' you're thinking of. The only Adobe app that
handles equations decently is Framemaker. InDesign would require you to
insert the equation as a graphic (i.e. from MathType et al), which I
consider to be a real kludge if you're serious about the typographic
quality of your equations. OTOH, if your equations are simple, e.g.
quatratic algebra, this may not be a problem.

Regards,

--
Neil Gould
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Technical Graphics & Media

Bob Marley

2003-12-12, 1:28 pm

Word offers a bizarro-version of MathType. The full version of MT is your
solution -- integrates seamlessly into Office apps and can be used
standalone. You can save equations as EPS (or GIF for web) and place in
InDesign as needed.

Good auto-numbering and/or naming of eqns, too.

"Alan Bloom" <alan_bloom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> I do a lot of work which needs extensive use of equations in reports and
> presentations. I use a lot of Illustrations and I'd prefer to end up

using

quote:

> InDesign to actually get it all done it but I haven't been able to find a
> good way of inserting or creating equations that I can use for any Adobe
> software.
>
> At the moment I use fields in Word to do most of the equations and I know
> that fields in Word don't like going anywhere else but Word. I don't know
> how to bring in equations from the Equation editor (MathType) in Word
> either.
>
> I wanted to stay within Adobe software rather than turning to Latex

because

quote:

> of the DTP facilities in InDesign.
> Does anyone else have a good arrangement for using equations in Adobe?
>
> Cheers,
> Alan Bloom
>
>