OFF: How to Edit in a Separate Window with Equation Editor 2.0

 Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q131707
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Equation Editor version 2.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh version 6.0

SUMMARY

When you insert an Equation Editor 2.0 object in a Word for the Macintosh document, Equation Editor does not open a separate application window as it does in Equation Editor version 1.0; instead, Word's toolbars change to Equation Editor's toolbars.

This article describes how to restore the separate window functionality when you use Equation Editor 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

To make Equation Editor always open in a separate window, use the following steps:

  1. Quit Equation Editor if it is running.

  2. Using a text editor such as TeachText or SimpleText, open the Equation Editor Preference file, which is located in the Preferences folder.

  3. Find the [General] section. If this section is missing, add the following to the end of the file. 

          [General]
      ForceOpen=0

  4. Change the 0 to 1, so that the entry resembles the following: 

          [General]
      ForceOpen=1

  5. Save the file.

When you insert an Equation Editor object after making these changes, Equation Editor will appear in a separate window, and Word's toolbars will be unchanged.

Additional query words: 6.00 6.0.1 macword
Keywords : kbtool
Version : MACINTOSH:2.0
Platform : MACINTOSH
Hardware : MAC
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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