How to import equations from a web source into Word using copy and paste

Question

I am using Word 2024 part of Office Home & Business.

I am trying to copy paste the following equation from html to Word

but when copy pasting they are transformed to this

l=def1N∑i=1N(yi−(wxi+b))2.

∂l∂w=1N∑i=1N−2xi(yi−(wxi+b));∂l∂b=1N∑i=1N−2(yi−(wxi+b)).

Is there any way to import these equations into Word using the same format?

Answer 1

Importing from which kind of source?

You might be better off using the screen-snipping tool or SnagIt to make it an image and pasting that.

Or, perhaps, using Insert>Equation and then pasting into the Equation box that opens up.

When making study notes for a math class, I often use the image method.

Answer 2

It's html. The problem with using the Snipping Tools is that there are many equations. Fortunately I have also found a pdf so I guess I am forced to use that.

I tried opening the pdf in word and while it works better I still have issue. For example the pdf displays the following text

while when opened in Word it is displayed like this

so, I guess I have to stick with pdf for equations.

Answer 3

Using the pdf is probably the simplest.

Realize that even though things may look the same on the screen or on paper, the underlying coding of things in different formats (html, pdf, docx) is very different. Conversions are seldom 1:1 and can be very messed up.

Answer 4

As Charles mentioned, the easiest way is to use a snipping tool and copy equations as images.

If you want to copy an equation into Word's equation editor, then the source equation in HTML needs to be in LaTex, TeX or MathJax. The editor doesn't seem to support MathML, as far as I could tell. But you can try using an online converter: https://www.plurimath.org/

As an example, this page uses MathJax https://jojozhuang.github.io/tutorial/mathjax-cheat-sheet-for-mathematical-notation/

Select the quadratic equation, right click and choose Show Math As > TeX Commands. Copy the text.

Open the equation editor in Word. Choose Latex and Current - Linear. Then paste the equation in the editor, and click on Current - Professional.

If the text you're pasting is formatted in any way, you have to paste it as unformatted text; otherwise, it won't work.

You might also want to look into Mathpix. There are several YouTube videos on it. You may also want to look at WordMat, a Word plugin, that adds some math features to Word.