The commercial MathType editor (<< $100) is superior in functionality to the free one. [Microsoft's Equation Editor is a (very) stripped down version of MathType. WordPerfect's equation editor was also written by MathType.]

My wife used it to co-author a calculus text book, so it can stand up to heavy use.

With any add-in editor, for PowerPoint or other tools, remember to save select the option to save the fonts with the document. That way when you send the document to someone else, they can see the actual characters that you used.

MathType equations can be read on PCs without MathType, but the reader cannot edit them without it. As we are a Microsoft Office shop, MathType is also an advantage in that others in the organization can read, edit, and comment on the work, even if they cannot edit the equations.

Doc Muhlbaier Duke

"Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:c3ag95$25ro83$1@ID-168040.news.uni-berlin.de... > Merlin Marshall wrote: > > SAS-Lers, > > > > etc. What editor would you recommend/what is your favorite editor? > > If you have experience with more than one equation editor, what were > > the pluses and minuses of each? > > > > Thanks, > > Merlin Marshall > > I have used the free MathType editor with no problems (Windows). > Open office, http://www.openoffice.org, also has an easy to use eqe (free > multiplatform). > > -- > Richard A. DeVenezia > >