RoryRu Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Hey all, I'm working on a poster presentation as part of my final year thesis. I'm using Designer (Windows). Is there a way to enter formulas in text? I've attached an example created in the equation editor in word. Or will I have to put in screenshots of the formulas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryRu Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Managed to get it working based on a previous post Steps: Create eqation in Word equation editor. Copy the equation. In Designer, use, paster special, Enhanced Windows Metafile Job Done. On 12/7/2019 at 4:14 PM, Lagarto said: One further note on Word > LibreOffice > Affinity Designer workflow: it also works via Clipboard directly from Word or LibreOffice to Affinity Designer (and also between Word and LibreOffice): As for Word, just copy the equation onto the Clipboard, then click Edit > Paste Special in Affinity Designer, and select "Enhanced Windows Metafile". You get editable equation in RGB color mode which you can easily convert to K100 by using the Layers panel which shows all composing parts of the equation in one group. Btw: the reason Affinity Designer fails to read Word-generated PDFs containing equations is that it seems to read the equations as Windows Metafile data, rather than Enhanced Metafile. If you paste special as "Windows Metafile", you get exactly similar question marks as when placing or opening a PDF containing a Word equation. Perhaps something that could easily be fixed in future versions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Welcome to the forums. Entering/writing equations directly in Designer will be fiddly as there’s no dedicated functionality for this. These threads discuss various options that might be useful to you:https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/103455-equations-in-afdesigner-windows/https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/35165-latex-typesetting-plugin-in-designer/ If you select an option that has SVG or PDF export then your equations, when placed in your Designer document, should look as nice as they do in the original editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryRu Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Cheers, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RoryRu Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Great resource, thanks. I also discovered http://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/index.html Which allows me to write the equation online, save as an SVG and then bring into designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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