[Math+Magic] Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign for Windows
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MathMagic Pro Edition v4.51 for Adobe InDesign
MathMagic Plug-ins for InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4
Date of Release: October 16, 2009
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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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Required components for Windows XP users.
If the following message is displayed when MathMagic is launched :
"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
Please vist this Microsoft page, download and run "vcredist_x846.exe".
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Note for Windows Vista users.
If some OpenType fonts are not installed by the installer, please install MathMagic OpenType fonts manually.
For more information about Windows Vista compatibility, please read the ReadMeFirst document in the installed MathMagic folder inside \Program Files\ folder.
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October 16, 2009
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- Fixed: Duplicated "Copy As Plain TeX" menu item removed from Edit menu.
- Fixed: Crashed if a part of colored equation is copied as Plain TeX.
- Fixed: Some clipboard issues fixed when copying LaTeX or MathML.
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September 25, 2009
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- Added: Color format and interface enhanced to support CMYK, RGB, Gray color separately, including the support for Process color and Spot color in EPS.
- Added: New fence alignment(Fixed height) option added to Fence alignment dialog.
- Added: Palette windows and Palette list icon can be enlarged to 150% or 200% from View menu.
- Added: "Copy As" submenu added to the Right-button contextual menu.
- Added: Current color is applied when new templates, symbols, and characters entered.
- Changed: The Default text color for New document now gets the first color from the Application-wide color list instead of assigning a factory default black color.
- Changed: \top and \bot symbols are now handled as Relational Operator symbol in TeX spacing rule.
- Changed: Line spacing now feeds from baseline to baseline to make the line spacing remain same as much as possible.
- Fixed: Mid-bar fences now work better with fence alignment options.
- Fixed: Some fence alignments made upper part of equation disappeared.
- Fixed: Clicking Font name combo box caused crash when an empty or illegal font name was selected.
- Fixed: Baseline position of multi-lined equation fixed.
- Fixed: Some other minor issues fixed.
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For the full history of changes, please read the Version History file.
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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 CS4\Plug-ins\
2. Creating Equations
- Launch Adobe InDesign application(2.x ~ CS4).
- 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 equation 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\MathMagic Pro 4.2 InD.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 or newer including Vista
- Adobe InDesign v2.0.1 or newer including CS ~ CS4
- About 15MB of hard disk space for a complete installation
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* Installation |
- If installing on Windows XP or earlier,
- Download the latest Installer from download page
- Double click on the installer icon to proceed the installation
- Launch MathMagic application from Windows menu or from the following location:
\Program Files\MathMagic Pro Edition\
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- If installing on Windows Vista,
- Download the latest Installer from download page
- Right-click on the installer application, and select 'Properties".
- Select "Windows XP" compatibility mode, and turn on "Run as an Administrator" privilege.
(This is to make the installer install MathMagic OpenType fonts correctly. Otherwise, some OpenType fonts may not be installed automatically even if they can be installed manually.)
- Then, double click on the installer icon to proceed the installation.
- After installation, select MathMagic application from the following location:
\Program Files\MathMagic Pro Edition\
- Right-click on it, select 'Properties".
- Select "Windows XP" compatibility mode, and turn on "Run as an Administrator" privilege.
(This is to make MathMagic read/write Registry correctly. Otherwise, Registry error message might be displayed.)
- Then, launch MathMagic application.
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- If MathMagic Plug-in is updated,
- please download the MathMagic plugins and the copy the correct version(for CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4) to
\Program Files\Adobe\InDesign CS4\Plug-ins\
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- Please NOTE that MathMagic Pro for QXP application works only with its accompanying MathMagic XTensions, while MathMagic Pro for InD application only works with its MathMagic Plug-ins.
So, if you need to work with both InDesign and QuarkXPress, you need to install both MathMagic Pro for InDesign and MathMagic Pro for QuarkXPress separately.
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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:
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- MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign 2.x~CS4 for Mac OS X
- MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign 2.x~CS4 for Windows
- MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress v6.x~8 for Mac OS X
- MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress v6.x~8 for Windows
- MathMagic Personal Edition for Mac OS X & Classic
- MathMagic Personal Edition for 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 Edition: US$499.00
- With 2-year Free upgrade and Free tech support service: $695.00
- 1-Month Subscription License: $75.00
- MathMagic Pro Edition Academic: US$299.00
- With 2-year Free upgrade and Free tech support: $399.00
- Academic 1-Month Subscription License: $50.00
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For the full pricing information, please
visit our online
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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, MathMagic Personal Edition, MathMagic Pro Edition, MathMagic Prime Edition, MathMagic Public Edition, MathMagic logo, InfoLogic and InfoLogic logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of InfoLogic, Inc.
MS Word, PowerPoint, Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft corp.
Adobe InDesign, InDesign CS, InDesign CS2, InDesign CS3, InDesign CS4, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc.
QuarkXPress, QuarkXPress XTensions are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc.
All other trademarks may be the properties of their respective owners.
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