If GrindEQ Math ribbon is still not available, copy the template GrindEQ.dotm, which can be found in the main folder on the GrindEQ installation path, to Microsoft Word Startup folder. Try to uncheck some templates in Templates and Add-Ins window accessed via Word Options | Add-Ins | Manage: Templates | Go. If GrindEQ Math ribbon is still not available, the template GrindEQ.dotm is probably blocked by other templates. And then enable (or disable) optional GrindEQ Math ribbon, which will be integrated into Microsoft Word.
GrindEQ products are marketed as "shareware" - we offer a fully functional evaluation/download version for potential users to "try before you buy" (10 free launches are included).Ĭlose Microsoft Word and choose the GrindEQ Options from the Windows Start menu.
Please visit registration page to obtain your unique registration code. Some of GrindEQ modules (LaTeX-to-Word, Word-to-LaTeX, and MathType-to-Equation) require registration.
GrindEQ converters can be used without macros (therefore without a Certificate registration) from Save As. If Microsoft Word Security system gives a notice about new macros found, please register GrindEQ Certificate (the registration of GrindEQ Certificate is free of charge). GrindEQ Math Utilities are signed with a digital certificate. Close Microsoft Word before removing GrindEQ.dotm. To locate the current Startup folder select Word Options | Advanced | File Locations. If the GrindEQ Math ribbon still appears on Microsoft Word menu, remove the template GrindEQ.dotm from Microsoft Word Startup folder manually. Select GrindEQ Math Utilities and follow the instructions.
You can install the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office side-by-side, but I recommend instead creating a simple VM (virtual-machine) to install an older 'good' version of 32-bit Office to act as a format-bridge (Office 2010 is my personal favourite). So you'll need to use the 32-bit version of the Equation Editor, which only works in the 32-bit version of Office.
unfortunately, such a build does not exist (probably because it's too old and unmaintained to rebuild, or Microsoft doesn't have a license to the source code from Design Science anymore). If you're running 64-bit (AMD64) Office, then you need an AMD64 build of the Equation Editor.
NET Framework, and now is the basis for WinMD/WinRT in Windows 8 and Windows 10 - it's come a long way).Īnyway, because these components are binary programs in their own right, it means they must match the instruction-set architecture of the host process. This technology eventually became COM (and COM+ and DCOM, led to the. It was popular in the 1990s as a way to allow users to "embed" content from other programs into Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, etc - this is what happens if you copy cells from an Excel spreadsheet and paste into a Word document, then double-click to edit it in-place. OLE components are small binary programs that are loaded into an existing process (usually office/'productivity' programs) which then display an inline UI.
It was a rebranded, cut-down version of Design Science's MathType editor. The messages referring to "Equation 3.0" is shorthand for the "Microsoft Equation Editor" which was an OLE component.