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[Math+Magic]™ Pro Edition v4.0.5 for Adobe InDesign for Mac OS X
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MathMagic Pro Ed. v4.0.5 MathMagic Plug-in v1.2 Document Revision: 10 Date of Release: September 16, 2003
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Thank you for choosing MathMagic,
the ultimate equation editor on the planet!
MathMagic Pro Edition 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.
This page contains the latest information regarding the current version of MathMagic XTension.
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- 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. Please use the previous "Customer #" and "Serial #" for the authorization.
- 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.
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* Key Features
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Click here to see the key features of MathMagic Pro Edition.
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- Added: More kinds of space width are available from Space template: 1/8, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and Full Em space. 1/8, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and Full size of the Full body text size.
- Added: Auto-Recovery is now supported by default when crashed without closing the working windows and it can be turned On/Off by user from the Preferences->Misc pane. Uncovered files can also be discarded temporarily by holing down shfit key during the application launch.
- Added: Factory setting and Make Default buttons added in Fence Alignment dialog and Root Alignment dialog.
- Added: The location of Preferences dialog window and its lastly used pane is remembered, instead of auto-positioning on the center of the parent window.
- Changed: Factory Setting values are changed to improve the equation quality.
- Changed: The height of braces and vertical bars are now assigned separately from the Spacing preference dialog -> Fence tab, and can also be set with minus(-) value to reduce the size further.
- Changed: Magic shortcut key is changed from option to control key. User now can turn On/Off the Magic shortcut key from Edit menu as well. control-tab and control-shift-tab is supported. option-tab switches between Template and Symbol tab. All shortcut keys are working with non-English keyboard layout.
- Changed: When copy&pasting or drag&drop'ing colored equations, only used color list is inserted instead of inserting all color list of document color list.
- Changed: The shape of Arrow head is improved further and the arrow line is thinner.
- Changed: The install location for MathMagic fonts on Mac OS X is changed to Classic System folder to make the created equations compatible with Classic applications as well.
- Fixed: MathMagic Preferences file was broken if 70 or more items of Template/Symbol are added to the UserItem toolbar.
- Fixed: Crashes when an empty file or corrupted file is opened.
- Fixed: Crashes when exporting to EPS format after changing the StyleSet from the StyleSet dialog.
- Fixed: The line width of Root template is thinner than the setting when exported as EPS format
- Changed: MathMagic Pro's File->Close menu now asks user whether to save or don't save the window if there is any changes.
- Changed: MathMagic Plug-in now saves changed equations only.
- Changed: When used with InDesign 2.0 Japanese version, MathMagic set the position of inline equatio in the middle of the line, instead of the baseline.
- Some other minor bugs fixed.
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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
- 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(v2.0.1 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.
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| * System Requirements |
- Power Macintosh running
- Mac OS X: 10.1.3 or later.
- Adobe InDesign v2.0.1 or newer
(InDesign Japanese version is not tested.)
- 5MB of available memory
- About 15MB of hard disk space for complete
installation
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* What is MathMagic, or [Math+Magic]™
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MathMagic is an Equation editor
for all users ranging from novices, students,
teachers, higher education, and to the high-end
desktop publishers.
It provides you with very easy user interface
and yet powerful features in making equations.
You can easily create every imaginable form
of mathematical expressions with MathMagic.
MathMagic is available in a few different
types:
- MathMagic XTensions for QuarkXPress™
- MathMagic Pro Edition + MathMagic Plug-in
for Adobe InDesign™
- MathMagic Personal Edition for Mac OS X
& Classic
- MathMagic Personal Edition for Windows
OS
- Java application or Applet : Available
only for Bundle or source licensing
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Fully functional Demo versions are available for downloading at:
http://www.mathmagic.com/download/
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| * Pricing |
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For the full pricing information, please
visit our online
store.
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Click
here to go to download page.
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| * History of Older Versions |
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[Math+Magic], MathMagic and InfoLogic are
trademarks or registered trademarks of InfoLogic,
Inc.
All other trademarks may be the properties
of their respective owners.
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