Doing Math on Duxbury

Click on the "Math Type" menu and then click "Inline"/"Insert Inline Equation".

If the toolbar is not showing, click on View, Toolbars, MathType

Or

One of the 2 following windows should open.

Or

With the full version:

As you use symbols, they will show up in the third row so that you can just reuse them quickly.

You can type something in the white area, select it, and then click and drag it into one of the tabbed areas for use later.

To name a new tabbed area, right click on the tab and go to properties.

Problem numbers should be typed in Word, not MathType. Each time you enter a complete equation/expression, click the red X to close and Yes to bring it in the document. Then click "Inline" to enter another.

ROW 1

is used for inequalities. For +, -, =, <, or >, just use the keyboard.

#2+3 "k: #7x-5.1#8

y `:`: #3.81z /.k #2

is used for operations. For +, - just use the keyboard.

#3+2

#3-2

#3*2or

#3`*2

#3./2

is used with set notation.

#2`e .(0, 2, 3, 4, 8.)

#5 /`e .(0, 2, 3, 4, 8.)

,a.+,b,a.%,b

.( .).k_0 To type a space between the braces use Ctrl+Space!

is used for segments, rays, lines, and vectors in geometry.

is used for degrees, angle, perpendicular, parallel, and shape

indicators.

m${ ,a,b,c.k#45~.*

",a,b<${33o} $p ",c,d<${33o}

",a,b<${33o} $l ",c,d<${33o}

$4,a,b,c,d$c,p

$t,a,b,c `:.k $t,d,e,f

Use the square or circle and change the 2nd character to a t.

is used for Pi.

,c.k#2.pr

ROW 2

is used for parentheses, brackets, braces, and absolute value.

is used to make rows or columns of numbers.

is used for fractions, roots, or radicals

is used for exponents and subscripts.

Try the following:

Find the midpoint between and

Duxbury (DBT) Math Codes (before translating, click the "View" menu, then click "Codes" to view these)

[bar] Bar over previous letter or digit

[be] Base/Subscript End

[big] Sign of enclosure, such as a parenthesis or bracket, as being large, spanning several lines.

[bline] Translation code, used in Nemeth code only, where it is necessary to force inclusion of a baseline/multipurpose indicator (dot 5).

[bs] Base/subscript Start

[e] Translation code, to mark the beginning of an expression modified by a directly-under subscript expression and/or a directly-over superscript expression.

[fe] Fraction End

[fl] Fraction Line

[fls] Fraction Line Slanted

[fs] Fraction Start

[ixrtd] Delimiter between index and root in general indexed root expression

[ixrte] Indexed Root Expression End

[ixrts] Indexed Root Expression Start

[oe] Directly Over End

[os] Directly Over Start

[pe] Power/superscript End

[ps] Power/superscript Start

[sqrte] Square Root End

[sqrts] Square Root Start

[tce] Technical Context End

[tcs] Technical Context Start

[te] Technical Notation End

[ts] Technical Notation Start

[ue] Directly Under End

[us] Directly Under Start