• Added: MoboMath, a handwritten equation editor by Enventra, Inc., supported by MathMagic as a way of inserting equations, via drag&drop or copy&paste. "MoboMath for MathMagic" bundled to regular versions of MathMagic Personal and MathMagic Pro.
  
  
• Changed: When importing LaTeX, unknown symbol names maintained without discarding.
  
  
• Fixed: Drag and drop from foreign application while a MathMagic native equation is in the clipboard inserted a wrong equation.
• Fixed: Batch Conversion of MS Word documents located on a certain location could not be converted.
• Fixed: Some character spacings were incorrect when a non standard character was inserted.
• Fixed: Primes were not handled in LaTeX import.

• Changed: The default height of Left or right Superscript and Subscript templates changed when there is no base character.
  
  
• Fixed: Drag&drop or Pasting of MathML expression did not work when there were leading space characters.
• Fixed: "Save" dialog not displayed when closing a new window if the window received an equation via Drag&Drop only.

• Added: Batch Conversion dialog now supports Extracting equations from MS Word documents (.doc or .docx). Equations can be saved in MathMagic format or converted to EPS, JPEG, MathML, or LaTeX. MathMagic can also extract all graphic images out to separate files from MS Word documents.
• Added: Frown embellishment and 4 other accents added to Accent template palette and some palette items rearranged.
• Added: Variable height Angle division template added to the Fraction template. Its angle width and height can be adjusted in the Define Spacing -> Fraction pane.
  
  
• Changed: Vector(right arrow) accent is now displayed as a character instead of drawing an arrow shape
• Changed: Left and Top edge of editor window now has 3pt gap not to touch equation to the window frame.
  
  
• Fixed: Some \cr expressions handled better when importing LaTeX or Wiki equations.
• Fixed: one line equation with a function name at the end may cause crash when copied as Plain TeX.

1. Installing

• Install MathMagic Pro for InDesign for Windows using the latest MathMagic Pro installer.
• Manually install MathMagic plug-in in the following location.
  - copy "MathMagic CS4.pln" from
  \Program Files\Adobe\InDesign CS4\Plug-ins\
  - and paste(or simply drag&drop) it into your
  \InDesign CS4 application folder\Plug-ins\ folder
  
  
• Then, launch your InDesign CS4 application. Once the MahgMagic CS4 plugin is installed and loaded correctly, you should see.
  InDesign menubar -> Plug-ins -> MathMagic sub menu.
• Then, please choose : InDesign menubar -> Plug-ins -> MathMagic -> Preferences dialog: click "Find" button to select the path to the external MathMagic Pro application, which is
  \Program Files\MathMagic Pro Edition\MathMagic Pro 4.x InD.exe
  
• Then, all your initial setting should be done if you are running Windows XP. If running on Vista, please read below to set the Admin setting in the Properties window of both MathMagic Pro application and InDesign CS4 appliation.

2. Creating Equations

• Launch Adobe InDesign application(2.x ~ CS4).
• Make a new InDesign document or open a document.
• Select the Plug-ins menu -> MathMagic sub-menu.
• Choose "New Equation" item to create an equation.
  If the cursor is located in the text box, the equation will be inserted in the cursor position as an In-line Graphic(ILG). Otherwise, the equation will be placed as an EPS graphic on where you click the mouse.
• You may select the Sigma tool button from the floating main toolbar to create an equation box, and then drag a rectangle in the document to specify the location of an equation once created by the external MathMagic Pro.
• You may also right button click while the cursor is in the text box, so that you can choose the "New Equation" from the contextual menu.
• If you either select "New Equation" menu or drag a rectangle with th Sigma tool, MathMagic Pro application will be launched, if not running already, and an empty equation editor window will be opened. In case MathMagic Pro application is not launched automatically within a few seconds, please launch the application manually from the following location.
  \Program Files\MathMagic Pro\MathMagic Pro 4.2 InD.exe
  
  
• Enter any equation in the MathMagic editor window, and then Close(cmd-W) or Save(cmd-S) the window. This will send the equation to the InDesign document back.
  
  

3. Editing Equations

• Choose "Edit Equation..." item to edit the currently selected equation. Or, just double-click on the equation box to open it with the external MathMagic Pro application for editing. You may also control-click on the equation to bring up the contextual menu, after changing the cursor to the Arrow tool.
• After creating or editing of equation with the external MathMagic Pro, just close the equation editor window so that the equation is placed in the InDesign document.
  
  
• The baseline of all equations will be automatically adjusted. But if you want to lower or raise the baseline, you may do so.
  • just change the cursor to the arrow cursor and move the equation box by dragging to where you desire, or
  • control-click on the equation box to bring up the contextual menu, and then select "Shift Baseline" item, or
  • select an equation box and choose "Shift Baseline" menu from the MathMagic plug-in menu
    
    

4. Changing the Baseline and Bounding margins

• The baseline of all equations will be automatically adjusted. But if you want to lower or raise the baseline, you may do so.
  • just change the cursor to the arrow cursor and move the equation box by dragging to where you desire, or
  • control-click on the equation box to bring up the contextual menu, and then select "Shift Baseline" item, or
  • select an equation box and choose "Shift Baseline" menu from the MathMagic plug-in menu
    
• You may also customize the bounding margin gaps(left, right, top, bottom) of the equation, by specifying other value from the last item of Define Spacing window.
  
  

5. Assigning Shortcut keys to MathMagic menu items

• Install MathMagic plug-in by the instruction
• Launch InDesign application and make sure that MathMagic plug-in is loaded under Plug-Ins menu.
• Select Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts... menu item from InDesign's menubar.
• In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" dialog, click "Product Area" popup menu, and select "MathMagic" item.
• Assign your preferred shortcut key, such as "ctrl-shift-]" for "New Equation", "ctrl-shift-[" for "Edit Equation".
  

• Pentium or Faster
• Windows 98 or newer including Vista
• Adobe InDesign™ v2.0.1 or newer including CS ~ CS4
• About 15MB of hard disk space for a complete installation

• If installing on Windows XP or earlier,
  • Download the latest Installer from download page
  • Double click on the installer icon to proceed the installation
  • Launch MathMagic application from Windows menu or from the following location:
    \Program Files\MathMagic Pro Edition\

• If installing on Windows Vista,
  • Download the latest Installer from download page
  • Right-click on the installer application, and select 'Properties".
  • Select "Windows XP" compatibility mode, and turn on "Run as an Administrator" privilege.
    (This is to make the installer install MathMagic OpenType fonts correctly. Otherwise, some OpenType fonts may not be installed automatically even if they can be installed manually.)
  • Then, double click on the installer icon to proceed the installation.
  • After installation, select MathMagic application from the following location:
    \Program Files\MathMagic Pro Edition\
  • Right-click on it, select 'Properties".
  • Select "Windows XP" compatibility mode, and turn on "Run as an Administrator" privilege.
    (This is to make MathMagic read/write Registry correctly. Otherwise, Registry error message might be displayed.)
  • Then, launch MathMagic application.
    

• If MathMagic Plug-in is updated,
  • please download the MathMagic plugins and the copy the correct version(for CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4) to
    \Program Files\Adobe\InDesign CS4\Plug-ins\
    

• Please NOTE that MathMagic Pro for QXP application works only with its accompanying MathMagic XTensions, while MathMagic Pro for InD application only works with its MathMagic Plug-ins.
  So, if you need to work with both InDesign and QuarkXPress, you need to install both MathMagic Pro for InDesign and MathMagic Pro for QuarkXPress separately.
  
  

* What is MathMagic, or [Math+Magic]™

• Free to Try

• MathMagic Pro Edition: US$499.00
  • With 2-year Free upgrade and Free tech support service: $695.00
  • 1-Month Subscription License: $75.00
    
• MathMagic Pro Edition Academic: US$299.00
  • With 2-year Free upgrade and Free tech support: $399.00
  • Academic 1-Month Subscription License: $50.00

* History of Older Versions

• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.8
• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.7
• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.51
• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.3
• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.2
• MathMagic Pro Edition v4.13
• MathMagic Pro Edition v3.75
• MathMagic Pro Edition v3.73
• MathMagic Pro Edition v3.71
• MathMagic Pro Edition v3.7