How to stop Mathtype messing around with Line Spacing

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How to stop Mathtype messing around with Line Spacing

Hi all,

I am trying to write equations in the text of a pages document, however, whenever I add an equation from Mathtype, even if I resize it to be the same size as the text, it always seems to change the line spacing, making everything look messy. Is there a quick and easy fix without making all of the equations floating?

Any help would be great,

Thanks

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 4:38 AM

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Answer 1

fruhulda

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Feb 8, 2011 5:09 AM in response to Rhodri Wilson

No, I don't think so. The linespacing is adapting to the equation for that line it is in. It depends on your equation how much space it needs

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Answer 2

Feb 8, 2011 5:37 AM in response to fruhulda

But no matter how small I make the object there is still line spacing issues:

It's as if when you add it "inline" with the text it ends up slightly below the line.

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Answer 3

fruhulda

Level 6

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Feb 8, 2011 6:19 AM in response to Rhodri Wilson

You can change Baseline shift in the Inspector palette > T tab > More > Baseline ****. Also play around with Linespacing.

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Answer 4

Feb 8, 2011 7:50 AM in response to Rhodri Wilson

Rhodri

+Inspector > Text > Text > Spacing > Line > click on the tiny double arrows under the field: Exactly+

What is happening is that the equation is higher than the surrounding text and Pages auto adjusts the linespacing the equation is on.

Peter

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Answer 5

Feb 8, 2011 7:57 AM in response to Rhodri Wilson

Rhodri

Determining the size of the text we write in Pages should need no explanation on my part.

Determining what line spacing we use is done by altering an appropriate "box" in Inspector.

But line spacing in MathType is governed by Full Size. And is independent of Pages.

If you explore "Size" in MathType's Toolbar you will find that there are several options....... Apart from "Other" there are all percentages of Full Size.

I suggest you go back to the symbolic drawing board and experiment with the sort of maths you wish to incorporate in your text. And take it from there........

Bruce's son

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Answer 6

Feb 8, 2011 10:07 AM in response to Bruce's son

Thanks for all the help!

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