Equation Editor and Word crash
Nick
Word97 and Equation Editor, but after a while, the Equation Editor doesn't
appear to function properly and Word starts crashing. I have SR-2 installed.
How can I fix this so that I can complete my algebra journal and get on with
my life?
Thanks,
Nick
John McGhie -- MVP - Word
Nick:
The problem is that in Word, "Equations" are produced by a separate program
and embedded as OLE "applications". If you do too may of them, Word loses
the plot.
The document you now have is stuffed. You will have to rebuild it. To do
this:
1) Create a fresh blank document, and add a large number of blank
paragraphs to it (turn your paragraph marks on so you can see them). You
need twice as many blanks as there are equations. Give it a file name, and
save.
2) Copy the equations from your existing document to the new document. Put
each one on a blank paragraph of its own, with a blank paragraph between it
and the one above. If you don't keep them separate, you get this problem.
3) Save the new document, come back to your original document and delete
all the equations.
4) Save the bad document as text only. This strips all the corruptions.
You will keep the text but lose all the formatting.
5) Open the text document and save it as a Word document. Now go through
and reformat it all. Complete this and save.
6) Open your equations document. Right-click each equation and convert it
to a picture. Save the document.
7) Now copy the equation pictures into your new document. Put each on a
blank paragraph of its own, do not try to add a picture to a paragraph that
contains text.
The secret here is that you convert each equation to a picture once you are
satisfied that it is correct. Try not to have any more than about three
equations as "equations" in any single document. You can have as many
"pictures" of equations as you wish.
Hope this helps.
Please post follow-up questions to the newsgroup so that all may follow the thread.
John McGhie <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au>
Consultant Technical Writer
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Melbourne, Australia (GMT +10 hrs) +61 (04) 1209 1410
Bob Mathews
>
> I need to create an algebra journal for my college algebra class. I am using
> Word97 and Equation Editor, but after a while, the Equation Editor doesn't
> appear to function properly and Word starts crashing. I have SR-2 installed.
> How can I fix this so that I can complete my algebra journal and get on with
> my life?
Nick, the procedure John recommends will certainly work, but will also
put you through a lot of steps that are probably unnecessary. One of
the problems with converting equations to pictures is that once they're
converted, you will no longer be able to edit them with Equation
Editor. That's why he says to make sure they're like you want them
before you convert them.
On our web site, we have two resources that may prove useful to you when
using Equation Editor:
1. Technical Support Notices. To access these TSNs, go to our home page
(link in my sig), and in the Support section, click on "Tech Support
Notices." Since you weren't real specific about the nature of your
"crash," I'm not totally sure what's happening. There are some TSNs
there that can probably help though. Check TSN #64, #61, and #59.
2. Equation Editor Tips & Tricks. To access this document, click on the
link from our home page. You will need to supply your e-mail address
before accessing the document.
If these don't work, please write back and give as many details as you
can about your problem.
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Bob Mathews
John McGhie -- MVP - Word wrote:
>
> Bob:
>
> Mighty civil of you to jump in here with support information for a problem
> that technically isn't "yours".
>
> I wish all vendors would be as helpful.
>
> It is "little" gestures like this that give me the confidence to purchase a
> company's products, and to recommend them to others.
>
> Well Done!
> Please post follow-up questions to the newsgroup so that all may follow the thread.
>
> John McGhie <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au>
> Consultant Technical Writer
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John McGhie -- MVP - Word
Daniel Shrider
I'm also writing a long Word document with many equation, and I too have found
equation editor 3.0 bulky, cumbersome and sometimes a total pain.
When the problem you described arises, I've found the easiest thing way to correct
the problem is save the word document as a rich text format. This increases the
file size but it will usually work. Now close the document and word. Reopen the
newly created rich text format of the document. Convert it back to a word documnet
and violia! What happens, most of the time, is one of your equations is
mysterously converted to a different format. This totally screws up your word doc.
The rich text conversio seems to fix that problem. I've also found it helpful,
when working with word 2000, to turn off all auto saves. I usual save my documents
with the version command. I works well to save after every large equation you
enter.
I hope the compatibility issues between Word and Equation Editor are eventually
worked out. It has the possibility of a beautiful relationship, but for now...
I how this helps,
Jason Rupert
UAH Huntsville, AL
MAE Grad Student
Bob Mathews wrote:
Daniel Shrider
For more discussion on this problem please see Microsoft newsgroup "Word for
Windows Formatting Long Documents" submission "Small Problem With Equation
Editor" on 9/8/99 14:43. We had a long discussion about this very issue. There
we many helpful suggestions given as how to fix this very problem.
Sincerely,
Jason Rupert
UAH Huntsville, AL
MAE Grad Student
Nick wrote:
> I need to create an algebra journal for my college algebra class. I am using
> Word97 and Equation Editor, but after a while, the Equation Editor doesn't
> appear to function properly and Word starts crashing. I have SR-2 installed.
> How can I fix this so that I can complete my algebra journal and get on with
> my life?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick