Equation Editor
Someone has tipped us off about the type of company that Mr. Customer works for. Remember that he issued a request for proposals to desktop publishing companies that want to take over the production of his company's newsletter. Word has it that the company is very technical in nature and that decision makers there would be very impressed to see equations in the sample newsletter you produce. In a separate test document, you will practice typesetting equations with the help of the Equation Editor.
The equations you use will come from your math book, which will help assure you understand them and can answer any questions that are asked when you present the newsletter. Since many people have different math books and everyone needs to know how to do this, we will all make our own documents. Each desktop publishing company can then incorporate its most impressive equation into the newsletter.
Lastly, it is probably be a good idea to keep track of where these equations come from. We'll create a reference or bibliography section with citations for our short document in order to both record the information and to practice the associated formatting. You may want to look at the example document for help with these. It does not especially matter which citation format you choose. That is usually specified by the customer.
Instructions
Start a new document and save it right away with the name EquationEditor.doc.
Begin the document with your name right aligned at the top.
Next add a title, Equations, centered.
Before you begin with the equations themselves. We will add some bibliographic entries including one citation for your math book. Add a few empty paragraphs and then add another title, References, also centered.
Citations should be left aligned to the margin with a hanging indent (see Indentation in typesetting) at one-half inch. Manipulate the ruler to achieve this setting.
Document your math book by noting the names of authors, title, location of printing, publisher, and date. If not all information is obvious, some can be made up.
Portions of the entry should be in italic, bold, or underlined print, depending on the situation. Format the text appropriately.
Practice three more times with other entries. If possible, take them from the back of the textbook and format them to match.
Now it's time to enter some equations. Up under the Equations title insert and object of type Microsoft Equation 3.0. For the time being just use y=mx+b as the equation. You can type this in directly.
Press esc or otherwise leave the Equation Editor. Add a border around the equation so that its dimensions are easily observed.
Next, place the cursor after the equation and enter a line break (also called a text wrapping break). Don't use a paragraph marker. After the line break, type "(p. 0)" as an example of what the next entries will look like.
Find four equations in your math book to transcribe. Note their page numbers and enter them just like the first equation. They should get progressively more difficult. If you find one that includes symbols that Equation Editor does not use, pick another.
When the five equations have been entered, turn your collection into a numbered list by formatting Bullets and Numbering... All of the borders should line up with each other and the page numbers.
Delivery
Before delivery, compare your document to the example document and to the screen shot above which shows some of the hidden formatting. If your document looks different in key places, double check the instructions.
Have your company's Quality Control Technician perform a third check on your work. Each studend should email the documents to the instructor (kalcock@basistucson.org) or transfer them via a USB drive.
Grading
Each of the above instructions is worth a point. If an instruction applies to each of multiple equations or multiple bibliography entries, it is counted for each of them.