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

• Customer # and Serial # scheme in MathMagic v4.0 is changed. Please contact MathMagic customer support team if you have any problem in using your previous Customer # or Serial #.
• MathMagic v4.0 does not rely on InterLok™ copy protection engine any more. So it will ask you to "Authorize" again when you launch it even though you have authorized your previous copy of MathMagic on your computer. Please use the previous "Customer #" and "Serial #" for the authorization, if you bought MathMagic in the past. Otherwise, you may use MathMagic as "Trial" mode up to 30 times before you decide to buy.
• MathMagic Pro Edition is newly branched from MathMagic Personal Edition since v3.5, to support Adobe InDesign. Most of the features are similiar to the Personal Edition. But Pro Edition comes with a MathMagic Plug-in which is installed in the InDesign's Plug-ins folder. The MathMagic Plug-in adds the MathMagic menu UI in the InDesign's Plug-ins menu and it interacts with the external MathMagic Pro application for equation editing.

* Key Features

Click here to see the key features of MathMagic Pro Edition.

• MathMagic Plug-in now works on major non-English OS.
• Authorization engine and interface is changed from a third party InterLok® Engine to its own.
• Color is supported. Color floating window and Color menu are added.
• EPS export in Color supported. EPS export in gray supported.
• Printing equations from MS Word document works well without jagged.
• TCP/IP error handling has been changed to less .
• Control-clicking on both line spacing icons(wide, narrow) on Main Toolbar now changes the spacing gap in 1/10 unit of the regular unit. And its minimum value and maximum value range is checked.
• MathMagic now can read its Preference file even if it is opened by other version or locked.
• StyleSet is supported on Mac OS Classic.
• File icon is added for EPS format and changed for PICT format.
  
  
• User Guide is updated to cover Color features.
  

1. Installing

• Install MathMagic Pro Edition and MathMagic Plug-in with the MathMagic Pro installer.
• Make sure that MathMagic plug-in is installed in the following location.
  local:Applications:Adobe InDesign:Plug-ins:Equations:
  
  

2. Creating Equations

• Launch Adobe InDesign application(v2.0.2 or higher is recommended).
• 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:MathMagic Pro v4.0
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• Power Macintosh running
  - Mac OS X: 10.1.3 or later.
  
• Adobe InDesign v2.0.2 or newer
  (v2.0 or 2.0.1 is not tested.)
  (InDesign Japanese version is not tested.)
  
• 5MB of available memory
• About 15MB of hard disk space for complete installation

* What is MathMagic, or [Math+Magic]ô

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• MathMagic Pro 1-User: US$695.00.
  • 6-Month Subscription: $299.00
  • 1-Year Subscription: $499.00
• MathMagic Pro 3-User: US$1,500.00.
• MathMagic Pro 5-User: US$2,100.00.
  
  
• MathMagic Pro Academic 1-User: US$399.00.
  • Academic 6-Month Subscription: $199.00
  • Academic 1-Year Subscription: $299.00

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