Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:16 AM
MurrayS
Entering Math via the Linear Format
The previous blog post is on the cool math handwriting recognition shipped with Windows 7. The post includes a description of a race I had entering equations using the linear format with formula autobuildup against a member of the math handwriting recognition team, who entered equations using the Windows 7 Math Input Panel. Since the result was essentially a tie, you might like to see how I enter equations using the linear format. If so or if you’re interested in keyboard entry of math in general, run my first math video on You Tube or live.com. It includes a variety of tips that help you to enter equations fast and easily. In the video I’m not racing and, in fact, I somehow manage to restrain myself to be slow and pedagogical. I type in the binomial theorem and a definite integral useful in laser mode locking theory. Many thanks to MS External Research for producing the video.
About MurrayS
I’m Murray Sargent a software design engineer in Office. I’ve been working on the RichEdit editor since 1994 and currently work mostly on high-quality editing and display of mathematics in Office. Before coming to Microsoft, I spent 22 years working as a theoretical laser physicist at the University of Arizona, teaching and writing books and papers. I also developed the SST debugger which David Weise and I used to get Windows 2.0 into protected mode and break the 640 KB RAM barrier. In this blog, I’ll focus mainly on math in Office with asides on RichEdit and a post or two on the early Windows days.