How Can I Use Latex in MS Word?

[hkBattousai]

Is there any patch, add-in, etc for writing mathematical expressions in Microsft Word?

 

[fss]

MathType or Equation Editor. It's not LaTeX, but it does mathematical expressions.

 

[dextercioby]

The MS Word from the Office 2007 certainly contains fields with which you can write formulas.

 

[hamster143]

I'm not sure about Word, but I recall using an add-in for Powerpoint, which, I think, was called 'tex2ppt', that allowed you to type LaTeX. Word and Powerpoint share the architecture, so it might work in Word too.

 

[hkBattousai]

I'm looking for something like an add-in for MS Office, or even for something for OpenOffice will suffice.

I have just installed MathType, and it looks like to be a stand alone application, it is didn't integrate with MS Word.

 

[fss]

Office doesn't support LaTeX. You can either use a LaTeX editor/typesetter and do things that way, or you can do something like EquationEditor which, IIRC, is built-in. MathType also let's you drag formulae into Word... or at least the older versions did.

 

[Dickfore]

Go here:

http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php"

download the gif and include thi picture in your document.

 

[bobm]

I'm looking for something like an add-in for MS Office, or even for something for OpenOffice will suffice.

I have just installed MathType, and it looks like to be a stand alone application, it is didn't integrate with MS Word.

MathType definitely integrates with Word. There will be a MathType toolbar & menu or a MathType tab on the Ribbon, depending on your version of Office. You don't say which version of Word you're using, or even what platform (Windows or Macintosh), but MathType for Windows let's you type TeX directly into your Word document, and you convert it to a MathType equation with a shortcut key (Alt+\) or by clicking a menu command. You can convert it back and edit the TeX if you want.

If you're using Macintosh, this feature should be available in the next version of MathType for Macintosh, expected early next year. Note that even after the release of MathType 6.7 for Macintosh, this feature won't be available in Word 2008, but should be available in Word 2004 and 2011.

 

[hkBattousai]

MathType definitely integrates with Word. There will be a MathType toolbar & menu or a MathType tab on the Ribbon, depending on your version of Office. You don't say which version of Word you're using, or even what platform (Windows or Macintosh), but MathType for Windows let's you type TeX directly into your Word document, and you convert it to a MathType equation with a shortcut key (Alt+\) or by clicking a menu command. You can convert it back and edit the TeX if you want.

If you're using Macintosh, this feature should be available in the next version of MathType for Macintosh, expected early next year. Note that even after the release of MathType 6.7 for Macintosh, this feature won't be available in Word 2008, but should be available in Word 2004 and 2011.

Thanks for your reply.

I'm using Word 2010 and Windows 7 Ultimate.

Here is a screenshot:
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4017/word2010.th.png
I don't see any toolbar, menu or ribbon.

 

[bobm]

Right. There should be a MathType tab on your ribbon in Word 2010. There are 3 pieces to this puzzle though.

1. The version of MathType must be compatible with Word 2010. That means it must be MathType 6.7 or 6.7a.
2. You must be running Office 2010 32-bit. MathType is not compatible with 64-bit Office. Even Microsoft doesn't recommend using 64-bit Office unless you absolutely positively need it. See http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/office2010_64bit.htm" .
3. MathType must be installed after Office. If you had MathType installed, then upgraded Office, just reinstall MathType.

 

[hkBattousai]

Ouups, I'm using 64-bit version of Office...

 

[fss]

Try poking around the different menus. Insert, perhaps?

 

[Borek]

something for OpenOffice

OpenOffice has its own system, in some aspects similar to LaTeX.

 

[hkBattousai]

Try poking around the different menus. Insert, perhaps?

Looked everywhere, unfortunately nothing found... :(

 

[yenchin]

Doesn't MS Word 2010 come with its own equation editor (which looks much better than Math Type)?

http://www.addictivetips.com/microsoft-office/add-math-equations-with-word-2010-equation-editor/