[Math+Magic] Pro Edition v2.0.2 for Adobe® InDesign™ for Windows
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MathMagic Pro Edition v2.0.2 for Adobe InDesign
MathMagic Plug-in v2.0.2
Revision of ReadMe: 11
Date of Release: Jan. 15, 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.
This document contains the latest information
about MathMagic Pro. Please read this document
carefully before using the software.
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* MathMagic Pro Edition v2.x versions require you to download a newer version again before March 30, 2005.
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- Added: "Show Baseline" , "Show Bounds" and "Show Empty Slots" are added to View menu so that user can visually see the baseline of equation. The Master baseline is a red line and each slot's baseline is a dotted red line
- Added: +1pt, +0.1pt, -1pt, -0.1pt items are added to Size menu with each keyboard shortcut key for fast keyboard based resizing for the current selection
- Added: Tab or cursor movement order for fractions and arrow templates that have two slots vertically, can now be adjustable between Western order and Eastern-Asian options in the Preferences dialog now
- Added: "Rotate Fence alignment", "Rotate Root alignment" are added to the Format menu so that user can change the alignment easily without opening a dialog
- Some User Interface and Features are synchronized to MathMagic v4.1 Mac version.
- Fixed: Fraction is in subscript or superscript position as a Script size, the thickness of horizontal line is that of Full size and too thick
- Fixed: Postscript font name is not correctly added to EPS file
- Some other minor bugs fixed
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1. Installing
- Install MathMagic Pro Edition for Windows with the MathMagic Pro installer.
- Make sure that MathMagic plug-in is installed in the following location.
\Program Files\Adobe\InDesign 2.0\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 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.
\Program Files\MathMagic Pro\MathMagicPro.exe
- 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.
- 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
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* System Requirements |
- Pentium or Faster
- Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, NT
- Adobe® InDesign v2.0.1 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 a complete installation
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* Installation |
Double click on the MathMagic Pro installer icon to begin and proceed the installation.
The Installer application runs on Windows platform.
Below files are installed in your hard disk.
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- MathMagic Pro Edition folder in the Program Files folder of the local disk otherwise specified by user.
- MathMagic Plug-in in the Equations folder in the InDesign Plug-ins folder
- ReadMe and other documents
- MathMagic Fonts (TrueType) in \Windows\Fonts directory on the local boot disk
- Sample equation Clips in "Clips folder" folder in the MathMagic User Data.
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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 Pro Edition + MathMagic Plug-in for Adobe InDesign for Mac OS X
- MathMagic Pro Edition + MathMagic Plug-in for Adobe InDesign for Windows
- MathMagic Personal Edition for Mac OS X & Classic
- MathMagic Personal Edition for Windows
- MathMagic XTensions for QuarkXPress 3~4
- Java application or Applet : Available only for Bundle or source licensing
The following products are to be available in 2004.
- MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress v6.0 and v5.0 for Mac OS X & Classic
- MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress v6.0 and v5.0 for Windows
- MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign CS for Mac OS X and Windows
- MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InCopy for Mac OS X and Windows
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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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- MathMagic Pro 1-User: US$695.00.
- 6-Month Subscription: $299.00
- 1-Year Subscription: $499.00
- MathMagic Pro Academic 1-User: US$399.00.
- Academic 6-Month Subscription: $199.00
- Academic 1-Year Subscription: $299.00
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* 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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