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DW posted on Sun, May 10 2009 20:13

I have been exploring equation editor in a little more depth this afternoo  (although I have been using it for fractions for years). I want to be able to add something like this to text:

what I am calling, for lack of a better term, an 'extended caret.'

Ventura's equation editor has a symbol they call a 'hat'.  Judging by other equation editors I've seen I should be able to choose that symbol and then type in my three letters and have the 'hat' expand to cover all three. But in Ventura, it doesn't work that way.

Is that a bug? An oversight? Or just the way it was intended?

Is there a work around? Does Ventura 10 do it differently?

 

 

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eweber replied on Mon, May 11 2009 9:43
V8 and V10 use code from MathType for the equation editor. However, this code is older, so it does not have all the functionality of newer versions of MathType.

Although I have been unable to figure out a workaround within Ventura, you could:

1. Export the equation as an EPS file, open it in Draw (or another graphics program), add the extended hat, save as EPS, and import back into Ventura as a picture.

2. Use MathType or another equation editor to create the equation(s) and export them in a format that Ventura can import.

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eweber replied on Mon, May 11 2009 14:42
Forwarded from Stilman Davis:
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Doesn't the "Upper Horizontal Brace" from the braces selection (fourth down on the left column) do what is required?

Sorry I cannot log onto the forum (forgot the password!).

It doesn't automatically expand for every character (i.e. three characters has a short hat, but add two more and it expands or add a control+shift+space and it will expand to cover the third character and the space(s)).

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Stilman
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eweber replied on Mon, May 11 2009 14:52
Stilman --

Just an FYI -- I tried replying to your message via e-mail and I'm getting a server error from host mail.uklinux.net (Relaying denied. Proper authentication required.)

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DW replied on Mon, May 11 2009 15:42

The 'upper horizontal brace' is not what I'm looking for. I am looking for a definite angular bracket shape in position over the triplet of letters...like a tent.

I have found that with some fooling around i have been able to 'insert object' and then use CorelDraw and the ole server and get a fair result...certainly much better than using cut and paste or importing a gif.

It's not the best solution --not like the other objects that Ventura's native equation editor places inside the document, but maybe acceptable. I will have to see how it translates to pdf.

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eweber replied on Mon, May 11 2009 15:55
If you ever need to do more extensive editing on an equation, this will produce perfect results in a PDF:

1. Create as much of the equation as you can in Ventura on a blank page.
2. File|Export Page As EPS.
3. Import into Draw through the PS Interpreted filter.
4. Edit in Draw to your heart's content.
5. Export from Draw as EPS.
6. Import into Ventura through the Encapsulated PostScript filter.

The EPS should reproduce perfectly in the PDF (both being PS derivatives).

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Fernando Oviedo replied on Fri, Aug 14 2009 2:21

Regards at all.

Fernando.

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