Required Software for Viewing , Editing , and Writing

Algebra PowerPoint Lessons

These lessons were created on a PC using Windows XP and PowerPoint 97. The PC lessons work fine on all the Windows versions of PowerPoint as long as MathType 5.2 has been installed. MathType is an application that works seemlessly within PowerPoint to write complex mathematical symbols, expressions, equations, and inequalities. Without MathType 5.2, not all of the equations can be read and parenthesis can show up as giant block letters. A free 30 day trial of MathType 5.2 is offered on the Design Science website and the equations can still be read after the 30 day trial period is over.  However, its purchase is highly recommended if you plan to edit these lessons or write your own lessons.

MathType 5.1 for the Mac has recently been released and reads all previous versions of MathType and Equation Editor for PC or Mac. It also works well with PowerPoint OSX.  If you are using PowerPoint 2004, you will need to visit the Design Science web site to download the free upgrade version of MathType 5.1 because the MathType version 5.0 is not compatible with PowerPoint 2004 for Mac.

 These lessons will work on any system or platform that will run the following versions of PowerPoint and MathType.

PowerPoint System Requirements:

MathType 5.2 for Windows
MathType 5.2 is a new version of Design Science's MathType mathematical equation editing software for Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT, and XP. Its users include math and science teachers preparing tests and other classroom materials, college students preparing papers, college faculty preparing tests, classroom materials, research papers, Web pages, and presentations, and scientists and engineers in industry and academia.
MathType 5.2 is an OLE 2.0 object server, allowing equation objects to be placed in documents created by any application that supports OLE, including word processors, page layout programs, presentation programs, databases, graphing programs, etc. It also can produce equations as Windows metafiles (WMF), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

MathType 5.1 for Macintosh
Design Science MathType™ 5 for Mac is the most important release since MathType 1.0. It has many new features and enhancements, and they've added an enormous amount of functionality that effectively transforms Microsoft Word into a state-of-the-art math word processor and web page editor. One remarkable new feature is the new MathPage™ technology, that will transform your Microsoft Word documents into web pages with great-looking math. They're excited to introduce a MathType built for Mac OS X, which also runs on OS 9. This new version is also compatible with MathType for Windows, and works with all popular major word processors, presentation, page layout programs and HTML-authoring tools.

Office 2004 for Macintosh: MathType 5.1 supports Microsoft Office 2004. Earlier versions of MathType do not support Office 2004. MathType 5.1 is a free upgrade from 5.0. Please visit the 5.1 upgrade page for more details.

Money Saving Tips
You may have PowerPoint installed on your computer. It is part of the Microsoft Office package. Also, be sure to check with your computer or school tech advisor. Your school or district may already own a site license to it.
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