Media Release - MathType 5 New Release: Math Equations Over The Internet
30 March, 2002
Media Release - MathType 5 New Release: Math Equations Over The Internet
Includes MathPage technology for publishing math Web pages from Word documents
Design Science, Inc. announced the release of MathType 5 for Windows, the professional version of the Equation Editor included in Microsoft Office. This release includes the company's new MathPage(tm) technology for converting Microsoft Word documents to Web pages that display and print high-quality mathematical notation. A fully functional, 30-day evaluation is available on the company's Web site.
From Microsoft Word to the Web
The company estimates that 75% of the world's documents containing math are authored using Microsoft Word (TeX/LaTeX account for the balance). Using MathPage technology included in MathType 5 for Windows, authors and publishers can now easily convert those Word documents to HTML, transforming the equations to either GIF images or MathML.
"Anyone who's ever tried using Word's Save as Web Page feature for documents containing math, knows that the results are less than desirable", said Paul R. Topping, the company's president. "We wanted to give anyone authoring with Word an easy way to create Web documents with great-looking math. The result, our MathPage technology, not only makes the process of putting technical documents on the Web easy, the pages print beautifully.", said Topping.
Other New Features
MathType is now able to export all equations from a Word document as individual EPS, GIF, or WMF files, simplifying the workflow with page layout programs, such as QuarkXPress, InDesign, and HTML-authoring tools. Other new features include MathML 2.0 translators, Microsoft Office XP (Word 2002) and Windows XP support, unlimited undo, add/delete matrix rows and columns, mouse-wheel support and many other features requested by users.
MathType Lite
Design Science strongly encourages Equation Editor users to download a free MathType 5 evaluation. They'll get full MathType functionality for the 30-day evaluation period, after which MathType becomes MathType Lite. From then on, users have all the functionality of Equation Editor but, in addition, have access to the full set of MathType fonts and symbols and the ability to work with other MathType users. MathType Lite never expires.
Reviewer notes are available online from Design Science.
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