nanothoughts.net » help desk http://nanothoughts.net nanothoughts for electric headz Tue, 17 May 2011 02:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why is the equation editor grayed out in Microsoft Word 2007? http://nanothoughts.net/2008/05/15/why-is-the-equation-editor-grayed-out-in-microsoft-word-2007/ http://nanothoughts.net/2008/05/15/why-is-the-equation-editor-grayed-out-in-microsoft-word-2007/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 19:24:02 +0000 rog http://nanothoughts.net/2008/05/15/why-is-the-equation-editor-grayed-out-in-microsoft-word-2007/ Continue reading →]]> Probably because you are editing a Word 2003 document and in Compatibility Mode. The 2007 equation editor is grayed out when in compatibility mode.

Solution: You either need to convert a 2003 equation (i.e. from Equation Editor 3.0)

or, open a new 2007 document and make the equation in that.

or, save your 2003 document in 2007 mode and lose some measure of compatibility

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