Two very nice additions to the mt.importer plug-in that come along with it are the MathTools Project Manager and the MathTools Project Selector. Users will still be able to buy mt.editor as a stand-alone product if they desire.
The Math Styles aspect of this whole workflow is actually controlled by the mt.editor plug-in which automatically comes with mt.importer but which has been sold by itself for a number of years already. Here’s an example of what the equation looks like in InDesign:Īnd here’s an example of the same equation after changing the character styles in two different ways:
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Since the equation is now native InDesign text, users can edit the text to make any content or styling changes that they desire - no more having to go back to the native Word document to fix errors inside an equation only to have to re-import the entire document and lose any other editing changes that you made!Īs part of the MathType conversion process mt.importer also applies Math Styles and Characters Styles to the equation which gives users even more control–since so much of the formatting is controlled by styles it is easy to update the look of multiple equations with just a few clicks and to maintain consistent styling across a document. You will, of course see some differences, due to the fact that InDesign’s text composition engine is now doing the composing and some font and styling differences might occur, but overall it should look very close to how it did when it was in Word. What is going on underneath the hood is that as InDesign’s Word Import filter is importing the Word document, any time it comes across MathType content it sends it to mt.importer which converts it into native text and applies the appropriate Math Styles, Characters Styles, and other formatting, then mt.importer sends this text back to InDesign’s Word Import filter to be inserted back where the MathType equation used to be.įor example, this is how the equation looks inside Microsoft Word:Īnd this is how it looks after Placing into an InDesign document: The big benefit of mt.importer is that it converts MathType equations in Microsoft Word documents into native InDesign text instead of bringing them in as inline graphics - you can think of the mt.importer plug-in as adding functionality to InDesign’s Word import plug-in. Our mt.editor plug-in, which is currently used by major text book and scholarly journal publishers and the compositing vendors, allows users to apply and edit Math Styles to customize the appearance of mathematical expressions across an entire document with just a few clicks.įor more information on mt.importer, mt.editor and other products and services available from movemen GmbH, please go to When importing Microsoft Word documents, MathType equations are automatically converted into editable, native InDesign text and formatted to retain their appearance via the application of Math Styles.
Altheim, Germany - mt.importer, a new plug-in for Adobe InDesign and InCopy by movemen GmbH, automatically converts MathType content in imported Microsoft Word documents into editable InDesign text, eliminating the need to re-key mathematical equations or format mathematical equations by hand.
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