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Equation 3.0 editor

Anonymous
2018-01-21T14:27:09+00:00

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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Suzanne S Barnhill 278.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2018-01-21T17:22:27+00:00

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-22T08:19:49+00:00

    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.

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