Introduction to the Equation Editor
You can use the Equation Editor to create both display and inline equations. Display equations are set off from the surrounding text by space above and below the equation. Inline equations appear without space above and below the equation.
To insert an equation, choose > or > . A pair of equation markup icons (either display or inline) appears in the Arbortext Editor Edit window. The Equation Editor appears next to the Arbortext Editor Edit window.
To edit an existing equation, either:
• Double-click on the equation representation in the Arbortext Editor Edit window.
• With the cursor to the right of the beginning equation tag, choose Edit Equation from the shortcut menu.
You can also insert a display equation at the cursor in a valid location using a keyboard shortcut or from the command line:
• Press Alt+Shift+Q to insert a display equation (assuming this default keyboard shortcut has not been changed by your document designer).
• At the command line, enter: insert_equation.
When the Equation Editor first comes up on a new equation, the input box appears, surrounded by a marker which points either left or right. Equations take on the point size of the surrounding e-i-c.
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The Equation Editor does not support complex script languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai.
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Symbols and Constructs
Whereas symbols are characters all by themselves, constructs have one or more components. Fractions, for example, have two components, a numerator and a denominator. Matrices can have any number of components. Some constructs, such as accents and font changes, have a single component. In the case of an accent, the component is everything under the accent. In the case of a font change, the component includes all the symbols that are in that font.
