Microsoft Word Equation Editor

Inserting the Equation Icon into the Toolbar

Open Microsoft Word.
Right click on the tool bar at the top of the WORD screen.

In the window that comes down, select, customize
In the Customize window, shown below, select Insert and then drag the Equation Editor Icon onto the tool bar. This works if Equation Editor has been installed with word.

Writing Equations

Now that you have inserted the Equation Editor Icon on the tool bar you can easily write equations.
Click on the Equation Editor Icon in the tool bar.
A working area for equations and the Equation tool bar shown below comes up.

This Equation tool bar makes it easy to write fractions, mathematical symbols, Greek letters, and other elements of equations.
The up, down, left, and right arrows are handy for navigating around.
Equations appear like images in WORD. They can be selected and enlarged by dragging a corner of the selected box.

We wish to write the equation,

Click on the equation editor icon

in the tool bar. The following Equation tool bar comes up. Click on the greek letters and select b as shown.

Next, type in an equal sign. To write the fraction, click on the fraction and radical templates as shown. In the pull down menu that appears select the fraction template.

The empty fraction appears
in the document

Next select the numerator and
type in I, then select the subscript
and super script template. In
the pull down menu that appears
select subscript. Then type c.

Select the denominator and repeat to get I_b. This produces the desired equation.

Select the corner of the equation
box and drag to enlarge.

	The empty fraction appears in the document
Next select the numerator and type in I, then select the subscript and super script template. In the pull down menu that appears select subscript. Then type c.
Select the denominator and repeat to get I_b. This produces the desired equation.
	Select the corner of the equation box and drag to enlarge.