This page contains the latest information regarding the current version of MathMagic Lite Edition.

• Please read the Feature Comparison table to see the difference between MathMagic Lite and MathMagic Personal.
  
  
  

• Added: "Save As" dialog now supports saving in other formats as well as MathMagic native MMF. Saving directly to non-MathMagic formats are supported.
• Added: Two shortcut keys added for LaTeX users and other equation editor users: '^' key makes a superscript box and '_' key (underscore) makes a subscript box, if not typed in the beginning of a box or in a LaTeX stream.
• Added: "Use Line Drawing for Angled Fences" checkbox added to the Define Spacing - Fences pane to let user fine-control the line thickness and shape of some fences.
• Added: Two more Sigma symbols added to Define Shape dialog -> Sum symbol shape.(Classic shape and Eastern Thin shape)
• Added: Define Spacing -> Negate pane has two more settings: separate Under-hang and Side gap for more control over strike-thru lines.
• Added: \cbrt for cube root and \qdrt for quad root expressions are recognized when reading LaTeX.
• Added: Current Character Info area shows more info about Integral, Accents, and other large operator symbols when selected by option-click.
• Added: MMVariable and MMaVariable fonts are replaced by MMVariable2 and MMaVariable2 for a better fence quality when stretched and overlapped.
• Added: MMVariableA~D and MMaVariableA~D fonts are replaced by simple MMVariableF and MMaVariableF fonts.
• Added: "Turn Off Anti-Aliasing for Text" option added to Preferences -> Misc tab, which is useful for Transparent PNG when the image is to be placed on a non-white background.
• Added: Transparent PNG format is supported with an option to set the background color to White in the File - Import/Export Options dialog.
• Changed: "Export" sub-menu options are combined into the Save As dialog. Default setting for Export path removed from the Import/Export Options - Path pane.
• Changed: Some of the Factory Setting values changed to improve the equation quality.
• Changed: The border lines are connected if two Rectangle Frames entered side by side.
• Changed: The default values of Left margin and Right margin changed to 2 pt from 1 pt.
• Changed: The gap between Frame templates is removed now so frames can be connected to the next.
• Changed: The default Sum shape is changed to the newly added Western Classic style.
  
  

• Added: "Change Integral Height" command added to Format menu to let user change the height of Integral symbol to Variable Height or Fixed Height without re-entering it.
• Added: "Change Limit Position" commands added to Format menu.
• Added: "Alignment Options" submenu with several menu items added to right-button clicked Contextual menu for easier applying.
• Added: Show/Hide Cursor option added to View menu.
• Added: \to supported and handled as \rightarrow when reading LaTeX expression.
  
  

• MathMagic Lite, the free version of MathMagic equation editor, is available for the first time.
  
  
• The feature of MathMagic Lite =
• the feature of MathMagic Personal, minus
  • Color equation editing
  • Batch Conversion of multiple files / folders
  • Nudge control
  • StyleSet
  • some hightend output options like LaTeX, MathML, Wiki
    (Pasting-in and Reading of MathML and LaTeX still supported)
  • High View rate, High Export rate
  • Some Templates and Symbols not commonly used
  
  
• And with
  • Automatic font installation and activation
  • No authorization required
  • Some limited MathMagic fonts bundled
  • and several other streamlined UI and feature changes

• Intel Macintosh
• Mac OS X 10.6 or later including 10.9 Mavericks
• About 30 MB of hard disk space for a complete installation

* What is MathMagic, or [Math+Magic]™