* Key Features

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

• 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 #.
  
  

Added: MathMagic now support the baseline of inline equations for Pages v3.0 in iWork '08.

Added: InDesign CS3 Plug-in included in MathMagic Pro for InDesign.

• Fixed: Double-clicking on a floating window or dialog window on top of a selected equation triggerred the editing of the selected equation.
• Fixed: Undo/Redo after inserting an equation caused crash.
• Some other minor bugs fixed and UI improved.



Changed: Selecting Show Bounds command from View menu while pressing both shift and command key displays the ourter frame of each component, rather than the smallest bound.
Changed: Factory setting value of Integral Subbox shift value is changed to the relative unit in Define Spacing -> Large Op & Integral pane.
Changed: Show Nesting Level option from View menu improved more.


Fixed: Better line thickness when copy&pasted into Illustrator with 100% Copy&Export Rate setting from the Preferences -> Misc., although 200% or higher rate will still result in better result.
Fixed: TeX spacing rule was not applied for all Sub/Superscript boxes when "Do not apply in Sub/Superscript box" is checked in Spacing for Function style.
Fixed: In Define Spacing panes, some fields with Minimum value criteria did not accept any number if it is lower than minimum value and giving no way to enter any two or more digit numbers, which forced to Factory setting.
Fixed: Define Spacing -> Radical Shape 2 pane had two mis-matched field names and values at the bottom fields.
Fixed: Undo or Redo after Nudge actions(Left, Right, Up, Down) caused incorrect moving when the view rate was changed.
Fixed: MMaCenturyS-Bold.otf and MMaCenturySS-Italic.otf fonts had some minor bugs.


NOTE: When the Clips floating window has many clips listed or a certain complex equation displayed, MathMagic is getting very slow. In this case, close the Clips window, quit MathMagic, then relaunch. Or, delete unused clips as many as possible.

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".
  
  

• PowerPC or Intel Macintosh running
  - Mac OS X: 10.3 or later including 10.4 Tiger
• Adobe InDesign v2.0.1, CS, CS2, CS3
• About 15MB of hard disk space for complete installation

• Free Trial for a while

• 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

For the full pricing information, please visit our online store.

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