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[Math+Magic]™ Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign for Mac OS X
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MathMagic Pro Edition v4.2
MathMagic Plug-in v1.2.2
Revision of ReadMe: 13
Date of Release: January 26, 2004
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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 Pro Edition v4.2 is now divided into two: MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress and MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign.
- MathMagic v4.1 or newer comes with additional Trial period(5 times) even though your previous trial period was over. So please try again if you are interested in the day by day improvements of the latest versions.
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- Added: MathMagic Pro for QuarkXPress has been added to MathMagic product line.
- Added: StyleSet popup menu is added to the main floating tool bar.
- Added: MathMagic Windows file(.mmf) format is opened directly on Mac by double-clicking(on Mac OS X).
- Changed: Some layout of the main toolbar is changed.
- Changed: Confirmation dialog is added when deleting a StyleSet in the StyleSet dialog.
- Fixed: Undo after changing any of Font, Size, or Style of Accented or Negated character(s) causes crash.
- Fixed: File Open dialog now enables other MathMagic file formats('PICT', 'EPSF', 'MMCL') than 'MMFF'.
- Fixed: Undo/Redo count on the main toolbar is not updated when switched to a new document or other document window.
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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 v4.1
- 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.)
- About 15MB of hard disk space for complete
installation
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| * Pricing |
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- Free Trial for a while
- Price for MathMagic Pro will be changed and 1-User is to be US$895 when it supports both InDesign 2 and InDesign CS together.
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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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[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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