Like formulas in Word. Learning to add formulas in Microsoft Word

Sometimes you need to do it in a text editor MS Word something “sort of”, for example, decorating a course paper or diploma with a complex formula. No, of course you can “cheat” (and admit your ignorance of MS Office), that is, “draw” a formula in a graphics editor (or pull it from a scanner) and paste it into a document as a picture... But this method very often causes problems with document formatting , and placing the formula in a line of text will be quite problematic.

Fortunately, there are two ways to insert a complex equation or cumbersome formula into a MS Word sheet without resorting to using third-party applications. Today I will tell you in detail about each of them.

Inserting equations and formulas in Word using Microsoft Equation 3.0

Microsoft Equation 3.0 is a very powerful tool that, although it looks like an anachronism from MS Word 97, gives the user a fairly solid set of additional formatting options.

You can find this “dinosaur” at "Insert" tab, in the "Text" group. Find an inconspicuous "Object" button, left-click on it, and select Microsoft Equation 3.0 itself from the list provided.

After clicking the “Ok” button, the open document will be transformed: unnecessary text formatting tabs will disappear, but a gray panel will appear in the middle of the screen with two rows of various logical and mathematical symbols. You can still enter letters and numbers from the keyboard, and at the same time, use Equation and insert the necessary elements where required.

Despite all the external “clumsiness” of the toolbar, it is not difficult to understand it. The panel is divided into 19 groups, each of which hides a drop-down list. I give a description of each of them, in order from left to right, top to bottom.

First row of Microsoft Equation 3.0 tools:

Symbols of comparison and relations (more, less, identity, etc.).
Spaces and dots.
Superscript (applies to the last character entered).
Mathematical operators (plus, minus, multiplication, etc.).
Arrows (single, double-headed, etc.).
Logical symbols (logical AND, OR, NOT, etc.).
Symbols of set theory (intersection, subset, etc.).
Various symbols (infinity, indefinite integral, etc.).
Greek letters lowercase.
Greek letters are capitalized.

Second row of Microsoft Equation 3.0 tools:

Paired brackets (when inserting brackets, the cursor automatically moves between them).
Fraction and radical patterns(roots, fractions, etc., one of the most necessary items on this list).
Superscript and subscript patterns (can be applied to already created letters).
Amount templates.
Integral templates.
Overline and underline patterns.
Arrow templates with text.
Product patterns and set theory.
Matrix templates(another extremely useful point).

At the same time, all the items called “template” actually insert an empty template onto the sheet, into which, in place of the dotted squares, you need to insert the required numbers.

To exit the mode of editing equations and formulas, click on the free space of the MS Word sheet. To enter editing mode again, double-click on the inserted object with the left mouse button.

Please note: you will not be able to increase the size of the formula content using regular formatting tools - only the “regular” text will increase. To change the size of the contents of an object, go to editing mode (double-click on the object), select the contents of the formula, and select “Size” in the top menu, and then “Large”.

Resizing the Contents of the Equation

Inserting equations and formulas into Word using the program's built-in tools

For those who don’t like Microsoft Equation 3.0 even externally, there is a more “modern” way to insert an equation into a Word sheet, which many will find much easier.

On the tab Insert: In the Symbols group, select the Equation tool.. By default, several templates of various formulas will be available to you (mainly, in my opinion, they are designed to demonstrate the operation of the tool and there is no particular point in them), but we are not interested in templates, we will do everything ourselves.

Simply click on “Equation”, after which a block for creating a formula will be automatically added to the sheet, and “Designer” will become the active tab. If you take a closer look at the contents of the tab, it will become clear that we have the contents of the same “Microsoft Equation”, but only much more pleasant in appearance.

Let's take a closer look at the tools offered to us.

Service group:

Equation: insert preset templates (Pythagorean theorem, etc.)
Style(professional, linear and plain text): controls the style of displaying the equation on the worksheet. At the creation stage, “regular” is more logical, and during the final formatting, “professional” (spacing is added, the formula looks more neat). The “linear” style allows you to “stretch into a line” a ready-made complex formula.
Equation Parameters: customize the appearance of the formula, for those who like to delve into the details. There's nothing particularly useful here.

Equation parameters. As you can see, nothing special.

Group "Symbols"

Everything is simple here - click on the desired symbol and it is instantly added to the sheet of the MS Word document. By default, a set of basic mathematical symbols is open, but by clicking on the button with an inverted triangle, you can replace it with a more suitable one: “arrows”, “operators”, “Latin letters”, etc.

Group "Structures"

It also doesn’t raise any questions - we click on the desired symbol and the corresponding template is immediately added to the document, and all you have to do is enter the required values in the dotted empty squares.

How to insert a formula

So, you have an open Word 2003 document in which you need to insert a formula. To do this, click “Insert” in the top toolbar and then select “Object”. A window called “Insert Object” will appear in front of you. Here, on the “Creation” tab, you need to select an object called Microsoft Equation 3.0. After you have selected the required line, click OK.

You will return to your document and the first thing you will notice is the change, the top panel has completely disappeared, and in its place another one has appeared, with the subtitle “Formula”. That's what we need.

As you can see, the panel is divided into two lines. The top one is necessary for entering mathematical symbols. The lower one allows you to display templates with multiple input fields for creating complex formulas.

Also, no one canceled keyboard input. That is, you can enter the necessary letters, thereby making it possible to write constants, variables or comments if they are necessary.

After you have written the formula, you need to return to the document; to do this, use the ESC key. After clicking it, you will be taken to the source document, where the formula will be transformed into a picture. To continue working with it, just double-click on it.

If you don't have Microsoft Equation 3.0

If after you entered the “Insert Object” window and did not find 3.0 in the list, do not despair - this problem is easily solved. Just during the installation of the Microsoft Office package, this component was not installed. To solve the problem, find the installation disk and insert it into the drive. Meanwhile, sometimes closing all third-party programs helps.

So, the disk is inserted, which means that now we need to go to the “Control Panel”. If you have the Windows XP operating system installed, then you need to click “Start”, go to “Settings”, and then select “Control Panel”. After opening the window, you need to go to “Add or Remove Programs”.

On other versions of Windows, there is an almost similar way to get to this utility. In any case, you can use the search in the system.

Before you is a list of all installed programs on the computer, you need to find only one - Microsoft Office (if there is none, then look for Microsoft Word). Next, click on it with the left mouse button, the “Change” button will appear, feel free to click on it.

Now you have three choices: you can remove or add individual MS Office components, reinstall them, or completely remove the entire program. Select the first option and click “Next”.

In the next step, initially check the box next to Word, and then next to the words “Advanced application setup”, and click “Next”

Now you see all the components installed with MS Word, we are only interested in one, so find “Office Tools” and click the plus next to it.

After this, sub-items will appear. The next step is to find the “Formula Editor” item and right-click on it, in the context menu you need to click on the “Run from my computer” line.

Once you have done this, immediately click “Update”. After that, close and open Microsoft Word. Now the item you need has appeared in the “Insert Object” window; entering a formula in Word 2003 has become available.

After entering the formulas they disappear

So, we already know how to insert a formula in Word 2003, and we also learned how to add the component necessary for this - Microsoft Equation 3.0, but, unfortunately, there are other problems with using formulas. For example, now let’s look at a situation where you have entered the required formula and confirmed it, it simply disappears. The problem is quite common on Windows operating systems above XP, but, fortunately, it is easily solved.

First of all, it is worth discussing what is causing the problem. The thing is that once you have installed the program, it is not configured. To be more precise, the fonts are not configured, Word simply does not recognize them, and because of this, an error occurs, accompanied by the disappearance of formulas.

In order to eliminate this problem, you need to put on the formulas a font that supports MS Word. To do this, click “Style” on the top toolbar and select “Define” from the menu.

A style window will appear in front of you and next to the “Function” line, select the Times New Roman font in the drop-down list. After this, the formulas will be entered without problems. Of course, you can use other styles that Word supports, but this one is great for business documents.

Field codes instead of formulas

As you can see, knowing how to insert a formula in Word 2003, you can still encounter many problems, so we continue to discuss them.

Perhaps someone has encountered such a problem that after entering and confirming the formula, it is converted to a field code, for example, to (EMBEDEguation.3).

Fixing this problem is very simple. Enter “Options...” by initially clicking on “Service” in the top panel.

After selecting the "View" tab, uncheck the box next to the "Field Codes" line. That's it, now after entering formulas they will be displayed correctly.

How to change the size of formulas and change the spacing between characters?

You now know how to insert a formula in Word, but most likely you may encounter a problem when you need to increase the font size of the formulas or change the spacing between characters. This is not a problem, but a necessity, so this issue is also worth raising.

So, to determine a new font size, start initially entering the formula, then select it and, without leaving the formula editor, in the top panel click on “Size”, and then “Define...”. A window will appear in front of you in which you can change the size of all elements.

Well, if you want to change the interval, then in the same panel select “Format” and in the menu click on “Interval...”.

That’s basically all I wanted to say about how to insert a formula into Word 2003. We also figured out what to do if the formulas are not displayed.

10. Formula editor

In Word 2003, the means of entering mathematical expressions into a text document is formula editor Microsoft Equation 3.0.

Note. If you don't have an equation editor, it means you didn't install it when you installed Office. This can be corrected at any time. To install the formula editor in Word, you must:

Open Control Panel(possible via Start).
Find section Installing and uninstalling programs and click on it.
In the section Changing or removing programs highlight Microsoft Office 2003 and press the button Change
In the list of elements that opens, find Office Tools, expand it.
Find Formula editor and change the mode.

The formula editor has its own help system, which can be called up by pressing the key F1.

Launching and configuring the formula editor

To launch the formula editor, use the command Insert Object. (The cursor must be at the formula insertion position.) In the dialog box Inserting an object you should select the item Microsoft Equation and click on the button Ok. The control panel will appear on the screen Formula And formula area– a frame for entering the symbols that make up the formula (Fig. 10.1). This replaces the word processor menu bar with the formula editor menu bar.

Rice. 10.1. Control panel and input field of the formula editor

The formula editor settings consist of assigning fonts for the various elements included in the formula, defining the sizes of element types, as well as the spacing between different types of elements.

Setting font styles

Menu item Style The formula editor contains a list of styles that can be assigned to a formula. It's best to use style Mathematical, in this case, the formula editor itself will determine which style needs to be applied to a specific formula element. Fonts are configured in the Style dialog box, which opens with the menu command Style Define(Fig. 10.2).

Fig. 10.2. Formula editor style settings window

Checkboxes allow you to set the character format of any formula element. Format Inclined set for functions, variables and Greek letters (lowercase and uppercase), because In mathematical formulas, it is customary to write these elements in italics. In a text field Language: Text style it is recommended to leave the value Any, – in this case, you can use both Latin and Russian letters in formulas by switching the keyboard in the usual way.

Setting element sizes

The dimensions of various formula elements can be pre-set in the Dimensions dialog box, opened by the menu command Size Define(Fig. 10.3).

Rice. 10.3. Setting formula element sizes

To change the size of an element type, you need to click in its field (and in the field Sample the corresponding element will be highlighted) and enter a new size value.

Button Default Restores all default sizes set in the formula editor. Button Apply allows you to preview the result of changing dimension types. After using the button Apply you should select either the button Cancel, or button Ok. If the button is selected Cancel, then the new dimensions will not be applied. If the button is selected Ok, new sizes apply. When you override a dimension type, all formulas in the formula editor field are updated to reflect the changes made. Changes made to formulas previously saved in the document are not reflected unless they are no longer edited in the formula editor.

Setting spacing between formula elements

In the formula editor, the necessary spacing between symbols is created automatically. Use the dialog box to adjust the spacing between different formula elements. Interval (Format Interval), shown in Fig. 10.4.

Rice. 10.4. Interval settings window

When entering values, you can use the initial settings of the formula editor, defined as a percentage of the normal size. Use the scroll bar to view all interval values in this window. In the field Sample the defined intervals are shown. To restore the original settings of the formula editor, use the button Default.

Creating and editing formulas

The formula area contains fields to enter characters. These fields can be filled in either from the keyboard or using the formula editor toolbar (Fig. 10.1). The formula editor toolbar contains two rows of buttons. The top row buttons open menus containing special characters - Greek letters, mathematical symbols, ratio signs, etc. Buttons on the bottom row of the panel Formula create original templates, containing fields for entering characters. So, for example, to enter a common fraction, you should select the appropriate template, which has two fields: numerator and denominator. Similarly, a template with fields for entering upper and lower indices and other templates are selected. In addition, the bottom row buttons allow you to add special mathematical symbols to the formula, such as integral, radical, sum sign. Transitions between template fields are performed using the cursor keys. The key does not work in the formula editor Space, since the spacing between characters is set automatically. However, if you need to increase the interval, you can use the button Spaces and dots in the top row of the toolbar. This button's drop-down menu allows you to select the amount of spacing between the current and next fields in the formula. When you have finished entering the formula, you need to click the mouse outside the formula area (you can also press Esc). The entered formula is automatically inserted into the text as object. Then you can resize the formula, move it with the mouse, and copy it to the clipboard (having previously selected the formula).

The selection is performed with one click in the formula area. The selected formula is limited by a frame with markers; by dragging them with the mouse, you can increase or decrease the size of the formula. To edit a formula, you need to double-click on it. This automatically opens the formula editor window.

In today's lesson I will tell you how to insert a formula in Word. There are actually several ways to do this and I will try to cover them all if possible.

Firstly, this can be done using the formula editor, which is built into the Word program itself. To do this, just go to the "Insert" tab and click on the "Formula" icon.

By the way, if you click on the arrow, which is located next to the formula designer icon, you can quickly insert ready-made options. Here at the very bottom you can also go to the editor using the “Insert new formula” link.

Once you are in the formula builder, you will have the opportunity to assemble a formula from the symbols and templates that are offered on the top panel of the program. I hope that there should be no problems at this stage.

The second method is also built-in. We go to the “Insert” tab, but only this time we click on the “Object” icon. A new window will open in which you must select the object type "Microsoft Equation 3.0" and click the "Ok" button.

A new window will open in which you can select different signs to create a complex formula.

Well, let’s look at the last method, which is suitable for owners of the Windows 7 operating system. We will use the “Math Input Panel”. You can open it through the Start menu. To do this, you need to enter its name in the search bar.

A window will open in front of you in which you can draw formulas with the mouse. To do this, select the “Write” icon on the right and simply draw the formula on a yellow background.

If any of the characters were incorrectly recognized by the program, we can select the “Erase” tool, remove the incorrect character and draw it again.

After the formula is ready, just place the cursor in the place in the document where you want to insert the formula and click the “Insert” button in the program.

That's all. Now all that remains is to choose the method that is most suitable for you and solve the problem that has arisen.

In this lesson I will tell you how to make a drop-down list in Excel. Basically, it is created with one purpose - to limit the possibility of entering data to a certain list. For example, when there is a special cell in the table in which you mark which department this or that employee belongs to. This list is always the same. It is much more convenient to select a department from the list than to enter it manually each time or copy it from other cells.

In this lesson I will tell you how to attach a header to each Excel page. This may be necessary if you are working with large tables. Usually, when they are printed, documents with a large number of pages are produced, and in order to make it convenient to work with them, it is necessary to save the table header on each sheet.

Today I’ll tell you how to solve the problem when columns in Excel are marked with numbers. The situation may be familiar to many. You open an Excel file and the column labels have numbers instead of letters. The addresses in this case have the unusual spelling R1C1, R1C3, etc.

MS Word 2010 at the time of its release to the market was rich in innovations. The developers of this word processor not only gave the interface a facelift, but also introduced many new functions into it. Among these was the formula editor.

A similar element was available in the editor earlier, but then it was only a separate add-on - Microsoft Equation 3.0. Now the ability to create and change formulas in Word is integrated. The formula editor is no longer used as a separate element, so all work on formulas (viewing, creating, changing) takes place directly in the program environment.

1. Open Word and select "New Document" or just open an existing file. Go to the tab "Insert".

2. In the tools group "Symbols" click the button "Formula"(for Word 2010) or "Equation"(for Word 2016).

3. Select the appropriate formula/equation from the button's drop-down menu.

4. If the equation you need is not in the list, select one of the options:

More equations from Office.com;
Insert new equation;
Handwritten equation.

You can read more about how to create and change formulas on our website.

How to change a formula created using the Microsoft Equation add-in

As mentioned at the beginning of the article, previously the Equation 3.0 add-in was used to create and change formulas in Word. So, the formula created in it can only be changed using the same add-in, which, fortunately, has not disappeared from the word processor from Microsoft either.

1. Double-click on the formula or equation you want to change.

2. Make the necessary changes.

The only problem is that the advanced functions for creating and changing equations and formulas that appeared in Word 2010 will not be available for similar elements created in earlier versions of the program. To correct this shortcoming, you must convert the document.

1. Open the section "File" on the Quick Access Toolbar, and select the command "Convert".

2. Confirm your actions by pressing "OK" on request.

3. Now in the tab "File" select team "Save" or "Save As"(in this case, do not change the file extension).

Note: If the document was converted and saved in Word 2010 format, the formulas (equations) added to it will not be editable in earlier versions of this program.

That's all, as you can see, launching the formula editor in Microsoft Word 2010, as in more recent versions of this program, is not at all difficult.