Note that Math Builder does not perform any mathematics it is a tool for displaying it.
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Math Builder is a much easier to use tool that has less functionality than LaTeX but more than typical document processing. The mathematical community almost universally accepts a typesetting language called LaTeX. Typesetting mathematics on a computer has always been a challenge.
#Short cut to insert equation in word update#
Note that this is a different tool than the legacy tool Equation Editor 3.0 (which is still available on 32-bit Office versions until the January 2018 update ) and MathType.
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It also applies to Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel 2010 and higher.
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This book is about the Math Builder (officially called as Equation Editor) tool in Microsoft Word and Outlook 2007 and higher.