Urbanhunter485

TechNote 74

Applicability

• MathType automatically installs and adds a new equation editor toolbar to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, for Windows and Mac computers. MathType also works for Pages and Keynote. Download MathType 7 for Windows Download MathType 7 for Mac.
• MathType automatically installs and adds a new equation editor toolbar to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, for Windows and Mac computers. MathType also works for Pages and Keynote. Download MathType 7 for Windows Download MathType 7 for Mac.

MathType 与 Windows 中的 Microsoft Word、PowerPoint、WPS 和出版工具兼容。 即刻在电脑上安装这款强大的公式编辑器，而且它是免费的。.

Issue

Many users become concerned when their equations are replaced with empty boxes or appear in gray-shaded boxes. Double-clicking these boxes will launch MathType and display the equation, and the equations will print correctly, but the equations are not displayed properly in Microsoft Word.

Reason

The 'empty boxes' behavior is a feature in Microsoft Word called 'Picture (or Image) Placeholders' designed to conserve RAM. The Picture Placeholders option helps minimize the amount of computer resources required to display a page and helps Word scroll multiple pages faster on-screen. So long as your computer does not have insufficient RAM, you can toggle this setting so the equations in your document display on-screen.

The 'gray-shading' behavior is a setting called 'Field Shading' designed to make finding equations and other OLE objects easier when they can be difficult to see among surrounding content.

Solution

As these are features of Word, it is advisable to refer to Word's Help files to learn more about them and how they are activated.

If none of the equations or other graphics in your document display (Windows only)

If you find that all of the graphics in your document are not being displayed, Picture (or Image) Placeholders is probably enabled. To turn this option off, do the following:

1. Select
   • Office button | Word Options | Advanced |Show document content (Word 2007)
   • File tab | Options | Advanced | Show document content (Word 2010 and later)
2. Uncheck the box for Image Placeholders or Picture Placeholders.

Mathtype For Word

Mathtype For Wps Office

If this was the cause, unchecking this option will cause all the objects in the document to be displayed again.

If some or all of the equations or other graphics in your document display in a gray-shaded box

If you find that some or all of the graphics in your document display in gray (or striped) boxes, Field Shading is probably enabled. To turn this option off, do the following:

1. Select
   • File tab | Options | Advanced | Show document content (Word 2010 and later)
2. Under Field Shading, select Never from the pull-down menu.

If this was the cause, setting this option to Never will cause all the objects in the document to be displayed properly again.

We hope this has been helpful. As always, please let us know if you have questions about this, or if you have additional techniques that work. We'd love to hear from you.