Copying equations from Word (2007) to Powerpoint (2007)

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kim

I have a word document with numerous complicated equations. When I tryto
copy to PowerPoint, I just get a blank line.

Any suggestions?
 
Hi Kim

How did you create the equations in Word? Using Insert -> Equation or
another way?

Lucy
 
Hello,

I don't understand why you (kim) say that you get a blank line by copying
your equation from word to excel because I never had this issue. However, I
agree about the fact that we have problem when we try to copy equation from
word to powerpoint. I also have a big document which include many equations
(I created all of them by Inserting equation). Right now I want to make a
presentation with powerpoint and i need to copy those equations. When I try
to copy it directly it converts the equation to a picture into powerpoint.
The problem is that I can't modify it. So I tried to insert object in
Powerpoint and choose equation. I can copy the content from word to
powerpoint but I lost all the formatting and I have a popup titled Equation
Editor which say "Word equation too large to convert".

Do you know how to proceed to be able to copy the content between word and
powerpoint without losing formatting or the ability of modifying the content.

Thanks by advance because It's driving me crazy.

Seb
 
Hi there.
Got the same issue. The only suggestion I can make :
PowerPoint->Insert->Object->Microsoft Equation
you need to rewrite your equation here witch is a pain...
 
Would pasting as a link solve the problem? Then you can modify the equations
in Word and those changes would automatically be reflected in the PowerPoint
file. Or is some other sort of modifying you want to do?

Lucy

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Have you tried doing a paste special? Is the equation there but the text the
same colour as the background? I can't repo this I'm afraid....

Lucy

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PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au
 
I didn't want to get a link to word or a word document included into
powerpoint. What i wanted to do was to use my equations from word by pasting
them into powerpoint like if I created them directly in powerpoint; it looks
like if we were using different equation editor.

Sébastien
 
Unfortunately, that's just the way it is. The OMML equation editor
(i.e., the "new" one in Word 2007) isn't made to be used in PowerPoint
or Excel. But all is not lost. You have 2 choices:

1. PowerPoint still has an Equation Editor. It's the one we're all
familiar with that's been around since Office v.2. Access it via
Insert > Object, just like in previous versions of Office. If you go
this route, you'll have to re-create each equation separately.

2. If you want to use your existing equations from Word, you can use
MathType to get them into PowerPoint. (There's a free 30-day trial if
you want to try it out first.) Again, 2 choices here:

2a. After you install MathType, there's a MathType tab on the Ribbon
in both Word and PowerPoint. With the document open in Word, select
the MathType tab, and choose the Convert Equations command in the
Format group. Make sure on the left "Word 2007 (OMML) equations" is
checked, and on the right "MathType equations (OLE objects)" is
selected. If you want to convert all the equations in the document,
make sure that option is selected too. Click OK. After the equations
are converted, copy them one at a time and paste them into PowerPoint.
One more suggestion -- if all the equations in PowerPoint need to be
the same size, double-click one of the equations after you convert it
to MathType. In MathType, choose Style > Define, and change the font
to the font you're using in PPT. Click OK and choose Size > Define.
Click the "Factory Settings" button in the lower right, then change
the Full size to the text size you're using in PPT. Click OK and close
MathType. Copy the equation. Remember the "Convert Equations" command
you just used? The "Format Equations" command is directly above it.
Choose this. Select the options "Equation on clipboard" and "Whole
document". Click OK. When the conversion is complete, you can use the
equations in PPT.

2b. If you just need one or two equations, you don't need to convert
them first. Just select the equation in Word that you want to use, and
copy it. Go to PowerPoint and choose the Insert Equation command from
the MathType tab. Paste the equation into MathType. Now change the
font & size as described in 2a. Close MathType and you're good to go.
Another disadvantage of going this route is that you have to change
font/size of each equation separately in MathType when you paste it
into PPT.

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Hi Sébastien

I see Bob Mathews has replied - he is far far more of an expert on this than
me so I shall leave you in his capable hands.

Lucy

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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au
 
A GOOD and EASY solution:

you can use the Paste Special command (you can find it
by pulling down the paste command then selecting Paste Special) and paste the
equation as Microsoft Office Word Document Object.

It makes me so happy.
 
I had a problem with the size of equations when copying from one Word document to another. "Paste special" solved the problem, so many thanks to Lucy Thomson.
 
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