Formula editor

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A formula editor is a name for a computer program that is used to typeset mathematical works or formulae.

Formula editors typical serve two purposes:

They allow word processing and publication of technical content either for print publication, or to generate raster images for web pages or screen presentations.
They provide a means for users to specify input to computational systems that is easier to read and check than plain text input and output from computational systems that is easy to understand or ready for publication.

Content for formula editors can be provided manually using a markup language,eg TeX or MathML, via a point-and-click GUI, or as computer generated results from symbolic computations such as Mathematica.

Some systems are capable of re-formatting formulae into simpler forms or to adjust line-breaking automatically, while preserving the mathematical meaning of a formula.

Available systems

	Keyboard input	GUI input	TeX support	MathML support	Raster export	Automatic expression layout	Computation support	Notes
Aurora	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Addon to Microsoft Office. Uses TeX as the rendering engine
DragMath	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	an open-source Java applet
Expressionism	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	A WYSIWYG browser-based editor
Formulator MathML Weaver	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	Notes
Jex			Yes	Yes		No	No	designed to insert and edit equations in Openoffice
KFormula		Yes
LyX	Yes	Yes	Yes			No	No
Maple	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MathType	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No	Light version was included in Microsoft Word but discontinued in 2007
Microsoft Equation Editor 3.0	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		No	No
OpenOffice.org Math	Yes	Yes					No
MathMagic	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No
MathCast	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Open source equation editor
Publicon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Mathematica based technical document system
LaTeXiT,	Yes	No	Yes	No		No	No	a free maths equation editor for Mac OS X
Rapid-Pi,	Yes	No	No	No		No	No	Plugin for Microsoft Word
TexPoint	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	a plugin for inserting LaTeX equations into PowerPoint
MyTexPoint	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	a small free program for inserting LaTeX equations into PowerPoint with a screen-shot tool
IguanaTex	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	a free add-in for inserting LaTeX equations into PowerPoint
TeX4PPT	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	a free plugin for inserting LaTeX equations into PowerPoint
Texify	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	An online LaTeX equation writer.
EditLive! WebEQ Equation Editor	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No

Formula editor

Available systems

See also