MathType 4.0 for Windows users who upgrade to Microsoft Office XP and Office 2003 find that the MathType menu and toolbar do not appear in Word 2002 and 2003. In addition the toolbar button in PowerPoint 2002 for inserting MathType equations into presentations is also absent. Reinstalling MathType does not cause them to appear.

The reason for this is:

MathType 4.0 is compatible with Office XP and 2003, but was released in early 1999, long before Office XP, and was not designed to work with Word 2002 and PowerPoint 2002. The add-in included with MathType 4 for Word 2000 will work with Word 2002 and 2003, but it must be manually installed. The MathType add-in for PowerPoint 2000 does not work with PowerPoint 2002, but you can easily add a button for inserting MathType equations in PowerPoint by customizing PowerPoint's toolbars. You can edit MathType equations by double-clicking on them in Word 2002, Word 2003 and PowerPoint 2002 without the add-ins being installed.

Solution

To get the MathType menu and toolbar in Word, you need to manually install the MathType add-in for Word 2000. We are currently developing MathType 5.0, which will install improved add-ins correctly into Word 2002, Word 2003 and PowerPoint 2002. We will automatically notify all registered MathType users when MathType 5 for Windows is released. If you would like to be notified, please register your copy of MathType if you have not already done so.

This notice addresses both Microsoft Word 2002, 2003 and PowerPoint 2002.
1. Manually installing the MathType Add-In for Microsoft Word 2002/2003
2. Placing a MathType button on the toolbar of Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

Manually installing the MathType Add-In for Microsoft Word 2002
1.Launch Microsoft Word.
2.Under the Tools menu, choose Macro and then Security.
3.Change your Security Level to Medium. Click OK and quit Microsoft Word.
4.Launch Windows Explorer.
5.Locate your MathType directory. By default, it should be located on your primary hard drive, inside the Program files directory.
6.Open the Office Support folder in your MathType folder. The MathType Commands for Word 2000.dot file inside it will work with Word 2002.
7.Right-click on MathType Commands for Word 2000.dot and choose copy.
8.Locate your Microsoft Office folder, which is in your Program Files directory by default.
9.For Word XP, open the Office10 folder inside the Microsoft Office folder. For Word 2003 Click on the Office 11 Folder.
10.Inside it is a folder called Startup.
11.Right-click on Startup and choose Paste.
12.Restart Word 2002/2003. The MathType menu and toolbar in Word should both be present. Because the MathType 4 macros are not digitally signed, every time you launch Word 2002/2003, you will see the following dialogue:
13.Click Enable Macros. You will be able to use the MathType macros normally.

Note: In MathType 5 for Windows, because the macros will be digitally signed, it will no longer be necessary to enable the macros every time Microsoft Word 2002/2003 is launched.

Placing a MathType button on the toolbar of Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
1.Launch PowerPoint 2002.
2.Under the Tools menu of PowerPoint choose Customize.
3.Click on the Commands tab.
4.Under Categories, select Insert. Under Commands, scroll down to find the Equation Editor.
5.Click on the  button icon and, holding your mouse button down, drag the button image onto a PowerPoint toolbar. A [+] box will appear when the mouse pointer is over a toolbar location where the button can be placed.
6.Once the  button has been placed on a toolbar, click Close to close the Customize window.

You can now insert MathType equations into your PowerPoint presentations by clicking on the  button.