Inline equations in PowerPoint

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You're correct -- PowerPoint 2007 does not allow inline graphics of any kind, including equations. The only work-around of which I'm aware is in this article on using MathType with PowerPoint: http://www.dessci.com/en/support/mathtype/works_with.htm?target=powerpoint (scroll down near the bottom, to the section on animating equations, and look for the section below the screen shots of PPT 2003 and PPT 2004).

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SamB

I am fascinated by computers, and have been since before I could read. My favorite programming languages are Haskell and Python, and I'm no stranger to C. My childhood was spent on DOS and Windows 95. After learning to read, I managed to learn the basics of programming with the help of The Secret Guide to Computers, GWBASIC, UCBLogo, LADYBUG Logo, and some LOGO book(s) I can't recall the names of. I didn't much like GWBASIC, but at least it had a printed reference manual. I had also tried QBASIC, but had trouble with the online help, which I later decided was probably because all of the text was in the same font (making it hard to tell the verbatim code from the other notation). [... Windows, VB, DJGPP, Cygwin, Mindstorms, POV-RAY ...] Eventually I bought my own computer and installed a copy of Linux, and that's when I really began to learn how computer systems work: technical documentation for most things was available online, and if that wasn't enough to satisfy my curiosity I could look at the source code. [... Python ... Haskell ...]

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

SamB over 1 year

Is it really true that there is no way at all to insert equations (either Word 2007 math or the old Equation Editor) "inline" in a PowerPoint 2007 slide?

It certainly seems to be so, but I have a hard time believing that the users have accepted this for so long when I'm sure I've done this in word processors as early as 1997.
SamB over 13 years

None of those seem to solve the "inline" part of the problem. At least, I haven't been able to figure out how to make Objects or Pictures inline in PowerPoint either, and I've read that pasting a Word equation into PowerPoint makes it a Picture anyway.
Prerak Diwan over 13 years

PowerPoint 2010 has finally rectified this however...
SamB over 13 years

Hmm, yes, I ended up doing something similar: Instead of putting PowerPoint bullets in the "content" placeholder, I embedded a Word 2007 document into it, and did basically the whole slide in Word.