FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Installation

• How do I install a license key?
• I already have a license. Do I have to pay again to upgrade Equator?
• I can't install my license. Equator says it has expired.
• I can't see any Help (Mac version only)
• I can't get the Windows version to start up
• How do I stop the promotional slide show that appears whenever I start Equator?

Editor

• How can I type a note into a solution?
• How do I underline text in a note (or show it in italics or bold, etc.)?
• What makes an equation I'm typing into Equator suddenly get smaller?
• How can I draw a diagram to go with a problem?
• How can I make my figures bigger?
• How do I copy a figure to the clipboard?
• Can I add my own references to the built-in library?

Math

• How do I get started asking Equator to solve a problem?
• Can Equator handle logarithms?
• Can Equator solve quadratic equations?
• How do I enter the value for the gravity constant g?
• Show me a unit conversion example.
• Can Equator do calculus?
• Can Equator handle variables with subscripts?

Printing and Exporting

• Can I post an Equator document to a web page?
• Can I export a complete Equator document to another program, such as Word?
• Can I export individual equations from my Equator document into another program, such as Word?
• Can I copy general graphic images into an Equator figure?
• Can Equator documents be shared by e-mail?
• How can I turn an Equator document into a PDF file?

Teaching with Equator

• Can students submit Equator homework electronically, to be opened and reviewed on another computer?
• Can Equator "helpful" features be disabled, for example so students have to calculate numeric answers?
• Will Equator allow a student to arrive at a wrong answer?
• Can an instructor create an Equator file with story problems for students, as an assignment or even as a test?
• How can I take advantage of Equator's problem sequencing to do animated presentation?

General

• What's the latest Equator version, and what's new?
• I can't afford Equator, but I could really use it. Can you help?
• Never heard of Equator Software. Who are you?