How to use the Microsoft Word Equation Editor
courtesy of Lawrence Lin

1.  Install equation editor from the applications server if it's not
already installed.  It's in MSOffice under office tools.

2.  Find equation editor.  It's usually under C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Equation\EQNEDT32.EXE (probably in the Word folder
for Macs).  Open it.

3.  Type in equations and text switching between math and text mode.  Use
these commands to make things much faster:

Alt-s then t    text mode  (or Crtl-Shift-E)
Alt-s then m    math mode  (or Ctrl-Shift-=) 
tab                     moving
Crtl-h          (high)  superscript
Ctrl-l          (low)   subscript
Crtl-f                  fraction
Crtl-r                  sqrt
Ctrl-g          next letter greek
Crtl-i                  integral
Crtl-([{                parentheses, brackets, braces
Crtl-j                  superscript and subscript

(For macs replace Ctrl with Command)

4.  Highlight everything, copy it, and paste it into MSWord.  Save as an
html or htm file.  It should create a gif in the same folder called
Imagexx.gif where xx is some number.  Rename this to whatever you want.

5.  Ftp the file to math.brown.edu and create a link to it using the
information on the tips page.

A few things to note:  
It's probably best to go to the menu Style, then Define and click bold for
text.  For some reason, the spacing is messed up after converting if text
is not bold.  Also, it's good to save the equation in Word every once in a
while so that it doesn't get lost by accident.  There is also a limit to
how much equation editor can hold, so each problem or two will need to be a
separate equation.