One limitation is that you can’t edit the font or font color.

It looks like a fraction surrounded by parentheses, but without the line in the middle.

The one statistical notation I have needed and found it unable to do is a Choose function, as in (n choose p).

You can easily add fractions, subscripts, even symbols like the little bar over X. Insert–>Object–>Microsoft Equation 3.0 (the exact wording my differ in your version, but it should be close)Īn editor window will pop up.

So, to insert a beautiful equation into Word, Powerpoint, or whatever Microsoft application you need, simply go to:

She was thrilled at the ease and flexibility of it, so I thought I’d better share this. I just mentioned it to a client the other day. What saved me, years ago, is the Microsoft Equation Editor. Or a regression model equation? It’s possible, but it takes forever to subscript all those i’s and change the font of all your B’s to β’s. Have you ever tried to type a complex fraction, like a logit link, using Word, by lining up two rows of type?

Insert equation in word