Equations in Word 2010 (video)

This video covers two issues people commonly encounter when working with equations in Microsoft Word 2010.

In the first case, the button is "grayed-out," and you can't even click it. Frustrating!

In the second situation, people want to align the operators of multiple equations.

Let's take a look.

You can find more help with equations on Office.com.

-- Joannie Stangeland

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  • I have managed to insert and write my own equations in MS Word 2007. What I find most frustrating though, is this bar or line next to the equation paragraph that cannot be removed. I thought it will not appear on print-outs, but it does. How do I get rid of this line? It only appears with user-defined equations.

  • hmotau --

    Is it possible that Tracked Changes is turned on? If it is, anytime you add an equation, or make a change in the document, Word will insert a line next to the paragraph. To check whether this is the case, you can click the Review tab, and then click the arrow next to Final: Show Markup, and click Final. If the line goes away, it's flagging a tracked change. To remove the line permanently, accept (or reject) each change.

    -- Joannie

  • whereis the video?

  • Hi Shid,  I'm the managing editor of the Office Blog, and the video works.   Did you try watching it in a different browser?

  • Where is the video?

  • This helped me to create fractions for use in documents. Thank you. However, when I use those fractions in a table and then try to sum them at the bottom of the column I get an "!Unexpected End of Formula" error message. Please could you point me in the right direction for solving that?

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