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Doing Maths Stuff on a MAC

  • 19-11-2008 11:14pm
    #1
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hello. I am trying to make a powerpoint presentation for college. It has an economics formula in it and I have no idea how to input that.
    I would love to use iWork, but as I don't have the wire to hook up my own laptop I have to make it on my 2004 Powerpoint and save it to a stick. I don't seem to have the equation option I should, and I don't have the CD to reinstall.
    I need to make alplha, beta and friends. And the Y has a little 'k' up top right hand corner and an 'i' below.
    Is this making sense to anyone? Do you know how to do this??
    Please help. :D And, it's not due in the morning so take your time and have a think! Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    You can export iWork as powerpoint or flash, so it will play on anything pretty much.


  • #3
    2Scoops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭2Scoops


    If you can't install the equation editor, try just doing as much of the equation as you can using 'insert symbol' and sub/superscript, then fill in the rest with text boxes. Or you could try copying an image of the equation into the presentation.


  • #4
    pvik00
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭pvik00


    If you're heavily into formulas and equations and want them to look like as they should you better check out one of the many TeX or LaTex implementations for OS X. Just google it, you'll see that' there's quite a number of them. If you don't want to invest a lot of time learning it, then you should be able to find a simple enough GUI front-end, too.


  • #5
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    You can always install OpenOffice. It has a decent graphical formula editor but, as stated, TeX offers even more control.


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