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The 2016 Office version brings a plethora of useful features to streamline the drafting and calculation processes. Particularly, Word 2016 empowers every user to create mathematical formulas with ease. This article guides you on how to input mathematical formulas on Word 2016 swiftly.
In previous versions, creating mathematical formulas required selecting the expression type before inputting values. However, Word 2016 revolutionizes this process.
Word 2016 introduces a highly beneficial feature for users, allowing them to draw formulas and automatically updating Word based on the user's description. To achieve this, follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to the Insert tab -> Symbols -> Equation -> Ink Equation:
Step 2: The Math Input Control dialogue appears, click the pen icon Write to write the formula in box (1) -> Word automatically recognizes your handwriting and creates the formula in box (2)
Step 3: To insert the created formula, click Insert, or if you want to input another formula, click the Clear icon to erase:
Step 4: Click the pen icon Write to create another formula. In case Word updates the formula incorrectly, for example, if you want to write 5y but Word interprets it as Sy -> erase the incorrect value 5y and rewrite by selecting the Erase tool:
Step 5: Click the pen icon to re-enter the formula:
See the result of creating the formula as you intended:
Click Insert to insert the newly created formula into the document, achieving the desired outcome:
Additionally, when Word doesn't understand your intention -> select the Select and Correct tool:
Select the entire formula (or the value you want to reformat) that you want to restyle -> suggested formula styles appear -> choose the mathematical formula style you want to create:
Above is the detailed guide on how to input mathematical formulas on Word 2016. Wishing you success!
