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Until about two weeks ago I used Microsoft Equation 3.0 to edit equations in Word 2016. Then it suddenly disappeared. Now, when I try to insert an equation with this editor, I get this message:
I have tons of documents containing equations created with this editor, and now they are inaccessible. Needless to say, this is a major disaster for me. Anybody here can tell me how to make this work again?
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For the explanation, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4057882/error-when-editing-an-equation-in-office. In addition to the workarounds provided in that article, see https://0patch.blogspot.si/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html
Excellent response, thank you. I will certainly explore these options.
Meanwhile, let me comment that disabling a software component (for me, a major one) without prior notice is rather user-unfriendly, to say the least. I understand that Microsoft could not continue providing support to the equation editor. But responsible behavior would be the provision of a software which will convert equations from the old to the new formats.