Today we are going to look at
how to create accessible Math content
using MathType.
MathType is actually a program
that comes into your Microsoft Word window
as part of your ribbon.
So what you first do is open up
a Microsoft Word document,
and then we are going to click on MathType.
Notice when we click on MathType,
we are going to get a new ribbon here
and what we want to do is...
we want to insert an equation,
so I am going to go up
and click on Inline
and Inline is going to give us the ability
to put an equation into our document.
Once I do that, my MathType
Math editing window comes up
and I am able to type in whatever I want
and there is also all of the mathematical symbols
that we would need to create anything
from Algebra up through Calculus.
So I am going to start with something very simple.
I am just going to do a simple quadratic,
and I don't need to use the spacebar at all,
because MathType automatically
formats everything for me.
So I am just going to keep typing.
So I will type three x, and now
I want to put a power
on that expression so I noticed
my blinking curser is around the three x
I am going to come up here into my bar
and select this button right here
because you can see that is going to give me
the ability to put in an exponent.
Once I do, my blinking cursor has left my three x
and now comes up into the position
so that I can type in my squared.
Now in order to get back
to finishing off my quadratic,
I need to take that blinking cursor
and get it back down,
and the way to do that is to hit the tab key.
Notice once I hit the tab key,
now my blinking cursor has gone down, underneath
and it is enclosing that entire expression
that tells me that I am done with that
and I can move on.
So I will type in plus five x minus seven
and I have created my quadratic.
Now if I had to go back and edit everything
I could tab back through
and notice when I hit the tab key
it gives me the ability to go in
and make some changes.
I am just going to hit the enter key
and go down and type a second expression.
I'll make it a little more involved this time.
Let's try something with a radical
If I go up into my tool bar,
and I choose that radical,
it gives me my square root
and I am going to type an actual expression
as opposed to just a number there
so lets say six x plus nine
now my blinkinq cursor
is still sitting underneath the radical
so if i kept typing it would just
extend that radical, but I want
to get out from under that,
so again I am going to hit the tab key
when I do that, notice now it has changed,
and it is showing me that I can move on
and I will just put in a minus ten
and I'm done!
So I am just going to hit the enter key,
and I am going to say,
"Well, that is all I want to put in for today."
So I will go up to file
Close and Return to Document 1.
Notice I could have just updated it and kept going
but for today I am going to close
and save changes, Yes.
and once I do that you can see
my Word document
now has those equations, well...
this quadratic expression,
and this radical expression.
I should not have said equation
because there is no equal sign there
Now we are going to go ahead
and save our document
We have to save it in Word
before we actually go to publish it.
So I am going to click File, Save As...
and I want to save this as a .doc file,
so I am going to go up to 97-2003 document .doc
and I will call this todaysTest and click Save
Now I can go and publish to MathPage
When I do that my little window comes up
I could title my page
and I want to choose "Using MathML"
When I go down and choose using MathML
notice that it gives me all browsers
Windows, Macintosh, Linux
but I dont want that, I want Internet Explorer.
So I am going to click on this down arrow
and choose MathPlayer IE behavior.
Once I do that, notice
that my target browser changes
and I have exactly what I want.
and I can click OK
It's processing the equations
and notice my window has changed
and my MathPlayer Logo has come up.
So I should be able to read this now with Jaws.
I am going to turn on my screen reader.
and it may take a minute to load.
We will come up here
and we will hit Insert down arrow
[screen reader] table with three rows
and row one column one
three x squared plus five x minus seven
row two column one square root of six x plus nine.
end root minus ten
row three column one end table.
But what we have managed to do here now is...
We have managed to create
screen reader accessible Mathematics
which is something that is very important!
