[Math+Magic] Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign for Mac OS X
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MathMagic Pro Edition v5.86
MathMagic CS3 Plug-in v3.31
MathMagic CS2 Plug-in v3.2
MathMagic CS Plug-in v3.2
MathMagic Plug-in v1.2.2
Date of Release: December 1, 2008
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Thank you for choosing MathMagic,
the ultimate equation editor on the planet!
MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign is an equation editor mainly for use with Adobe InDesign software in editing any mathematical expressions and symbols with WYSIWYG interface and various powerful features.
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* Key Features
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Click here to see the key features of MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign.
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- MathMagic v5.42 or newer does not come with a native installer anymore. MathMagic on Mac OS X can now be installed manually by Drag&Drop. For the details, please refer to the "Manual Install" document in the disk image, or Installation Guide from
http://www.mathmagic.com/download/documentations.html
- MathMagic PS fonts are not included in the installer anymore. If you need PS fonts, please contact MathMagic customer support team with your Customer #.
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- Changed: The order of Template palettes are rearranged to match to the latest MathMagic Windows versions.
- Changed: Package options of AMS LaTeX, specified in TeX pane of Import/Export Options dialog, can also be applied to LaTeX now.
- Changed: Window title is not saved in MathML or LaTeX anymore not to cause encoding issues with 2-byte name.
- Fixed: When inserting a UserItem, equation was not refreshed correctly sometimes.
- Fixed: Incorrect equation version alert fixed.
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- Added: A new Angled Division template added to the Fraction template palette.
- Added: Checking missing fonts can be turned ON or OFF from Preferences-Misc dialog pane.
- Changed: Line drawing method for Angle and Slash in EPS file changed for better accuracy.
- Changed: The height of Space adjusted to make it selectable easily.
- Changed: Fence alignment option of "Base Fixed" now aligns fences to the box content.
- Fixed: User defined font info was reset to the Default when pasting MathMagic equation.
- Fixed: Detached Fraction template palette window had the button image incorrectly positioned.
- Fixed: Tab key works with Western/Eastern order option for Long double Arrows/Harpoons.
- Fixed: Some European characters were not displayed in EPS file.
- Fixed: Double-clicking on the beginning of a box did not select the box content.
- Fixed: Some other minor issues fixed.
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- Changed: Left arrow moves the cursor to the previous main box in templates, instead of script box.
- Changed: When the Postscript font name is not found from a font while saving in EPS, MathMagic will try to compose it.
- Changed: Trial period is extended to 40 times and Auth nagging dialog is less displayed during the trial period.
- Fixed: '+', '-', '=' operators are not set to Operator style when imported by MathML import filter.
- Fixed: Subbox height of some integral templates fixed when its main box height is tall.
- Fixed: Pasting Plain TeX did not work in low memory condition.
- Fixed: Memory overflow bug while reading StyleSet file or copying an equation to clipboard.
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- Added: WIKI equation image can be pasted into MathMagic window from any MediaWIKI enabled web page, including Wikipedia.org. In Safari, by selecting "Copy Image" menu on an eqaution PNG image via Contextual menu from right-mouse-button click. In FireFox, with two steps of selecting "Properties" menu item from right-button-clicked Contextual popup menu and copying TeX string in "Alternate text" field in the "Element Properties" window.
- Added: WIKI(TeXvc) Export supported.
- Added: "Paste as Text" command added to Edit menu, as an option to paste the raw text string from clipboard without automatic TeX conversion
- Changed: shift-return after inline typing of TeX expressions now converts LaTeX as well as Plain TeX.
- Changed: Edit menu has some items re-ordered.
- Fixed: LaTex is imported and exported better for multi-lined equations.
- Fixed: A crashing bug while importing MathML or LaTeX when there is a single sided fence.
- Fixed: MathType 6 EPS files can be read better.
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- Added: LaTeX is supported - reading LaTeX files(.tex, .latex), exporting to LaTeX, Copying and Pasting of LaTeX expressions.
- Added: User can specify the resolution of PICT image in the File-> Import/Export options dialog.
- Added: The baseline of PICT can be shifted by user in the File-> Import/Export options dialog.
- Changed: Some layout and options changed or added in Import/Export options dialog.
- Changed: Displays some European characters or non-7bit ASCII code characters better, using Text font specified in Define Style dialog.
- Fixed: crashing bug with option-click Selection and Nudge Undo/Redo.
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Please read Version History for the details.
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Please refer to the User Guide manual for the details: III. 8 Using MathMagic Plug-in in Adobe InDesign. |
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1. Installing
- Please read the "Manual Install" document found in the downloaded disk image for the step by step instruction.
- Make sure that MathMagic
plug-in is installed in the following
location.
local:Applications:Adobe InDesign:Plug-ins:
2. Creating Equations
- Launch Adobe InDesign CS3 (or CS or CS2) application.
- 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 control-click(or
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 equationd 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.
:Applications:MathMagic Pro Edition:
- 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.
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 "cmd-shift-]" for "New Equation", "cmd-shift-[" for "Edit Equation".
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* System Requirements |
- PowerPC or Intel Macintosh running
- Mac OS X: 10.3 or later including 10.5 Leopard
- Adobe InDesign v2.0.1, CS, CS2, CS3
- About 15MB of hard disk space for complete
installation
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* Pricing |
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- MathMagic Pro 1-User: US$499.00 ($695.00 with 2-year Free upgrade)
- Upgrade with additional 2-year free upgrades: $399.00
- 1-Month License: $75.00
- MathMagic Pro Academic 1-User: US$299.00 ($399.00 with 2-year Free upgrade)
- Upgrade with additional 2-year free upgrades: $299.00
- 1-Month License: $50.00
- Multi-user price available here
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For the full pricing information, please
visit our online
store.
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* History of Older Versions |
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