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MathMagic Personal Edition Changelog

What's new in MathMagic Personal Edition 9.02

Apr 15, 2024
  • Added: Edit -> "Insert Baseline when Exporting" option now works with PNG and JPG files, as well as Copy and Drag-and-Drop.
  • Added: Edit -> "Insert Baseline when Exporting" option now works when saved as SVG format.
  • Added: Import/Export Options dialog -> General -> "Include MathML data in EPS file" option is available for MathMagic Pro. MathML format can be further customized from Import/Export Options dialog -> MathML tab.
  • Added: Import/Export Options dialog -> LaTeX export style has an option to remove the leading and trailing mark, together with Inline style and Display style.
  • Changed: Some UI and messages improved.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 9.01 (Mar 30, 2024)

  • Added: x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) builds are available for better performance for modern OS versions and hardware.
  • Added: 250% view rate option added to the View rate selections.
  • Changed: Line thickness improved for Square Roots when saved in SVG format.
  • Changed: Some UI and messages improved.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.83 (Apr 28, 2022)

  • Added: Vertical Fence Templates support more fence symbols: Up arrow, Down arrow, Up-down arrows.
  • Added: Horizontal Fence Template palette supports a user selectable dialog to choose a variable symbol from tens of new additional horizontal symbols and shapes. They are also supported in EPS and SVG files.
  • Added: Format menu -> Adjust Fences submenu now work with Horizontal Fence templates as well when the cursor is located inside or right next to one of the Fence templates.
  • Added: 500% View rate added to the View menu.
  • Changed: Left/Right/Up/Down arrows and harpoons have improved arrow head, line thickness, and arrow line gaps.
  • Changed: Some palette UI and mouse behavior improved.
  • Fixed: Arrow sizes and some line thickness in the script boxes fixed.
  • Fixed: Some Undo/Redo related issues fixed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.8 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Added: Large Operator template palette offers options to add or change user selectable Operator symbols.
  • Added: Two more Frame types added to Frame template palette.
  • Added: Frame and Box template dialog now supports 8 kinds of frame lines.
  • Changed: Palette layout changed - Matrix template, Frame template, LargeOperator template.
  • Changed: Some UI and messages changed and improved.
  • Fixed: Palette View rate change did not apply to those detached floating Template/Symbol palettes when they were hidden.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.7 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • Added: Under View menu, DarkGray View options are added for Template Palettes and Symbol Palettes for 100%, 150%, 200% and 300% View rate.
  • Added: Some more horizontal Paren and Brace types for Over and Under templates created with MathMagic Mac versions are supported.
  • Added: Some Hyperbolic Trigonometric functions (such as 'arcsinh', 'csch', 'sech', ...) recognized additionally as Function name style.
  • Added: "Remember Last View rate" option is added to View menu to maintain the view rate of the equation window when re-opened.
  • Changed: Calligraphy Symbol palette updated to represent those symbols better.
  • Changed: the cursor locates to the end when a document is opened.
  • Fixed: Auto Checking interval fixed for checking the latest version.
  • Fixed: Some crashing bugs and minor UI improved.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.6 (Nov 15, 2020)

  • Added: Used ^ and _ for Script box key commend under Edit menu to turn On / Off '^' key for Superscript and '_' key for Subscript box .
  • Fixed: MathMagic installer does not automatically install Visual C+ 2005 SP1 redistributable package now.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.5 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • Fixed: MathMagic files created with MathMagic Lite Android version are now handled better.
  • Fixed: Some error messages and minor UI improved.
  • Fixed: Shift-arrow keyboard selection to a mouse selected area extended the selection to the beginning of the line incorrectly.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.42 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • Changed: Improved Toolbar and Palette effects.
  • Fixed: Could not open EPS when it was saved with some European characters in the file name.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.41 (Feb 22, 2018)

  • Added: New Light Gray Design for palettes and buttons supported together with the Legacy Design.
  • Added: View menu -> Palette Size for Light Gray palettes now supports up to 300%.
  • Changed: Triple-click selects the whole line, and it replaced the double double-click action.
  • Changed: Some messages and UI improved.
  • Fixed: Shift-click selection did not extend the previous selection.
  • Fixed: Shift-Up/Down Arrow selection followed by Delete key deleted extra line incorrectly.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.32 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Define Spacing: Vector & Long Arrows: "Center arrow height" field is added.
  • Added:
  • "Apply Character's Sub/Superscript Before Gap for Under/Over Bars and Arrows template" checkbox added to Define Spacing: Super/Subscript to Template pane.
  • Fixed:
  • Some LaTeX symbol names for Set commands changed and fixed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.31 (Jul 10, 2017)

  • Added: MSWord's MathML expression can be pasted into MathMagic.
  • Added: Control-click or Right-button click on a Template or Symbol toolbar button will detach the palette.
  • Changed: Some messages and UI improved.
  • Fixed: Color did not work for Line between Boxes when saved in EPS.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.3 (Dec 27, 2016)

  • Changed: LaTeX exporting does not add "mathrm" for non-Variable components.
  • Fixed: "Not Equal" symbol on the Plus-Minus symbol palette corrected to ne for LaTeX conversion.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.22 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • Fixed: "Line Between Boxes" submenu commands such as "Add Line Below" and "Add Line Above" were enabled in a single line box when in a certain templates with script boxes.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.21 (Jul 5, 2016)

  • Changed:
  • Default Alignment option is changed to "Align =

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.2 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • Added: Fence types dialog now supports removing the fence template, leaving the Fence contents in place
  • Fixed: MathML expression for Vertical Double Line Fence

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.1.0.15 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Added: "Math Input Panel" command added to Window menu to support Handwriting Recognition of Math expressions. (available on Windows 7 or newer)
  • Added: Space types of Negative width added: -0.5pt, -1pt, -2pt, -3pt, -0.5q, -1q.
  • Fixed: Format - "Change Fence Type" command displayed a wrong interface.
  • Fixed: Some other minor bugs fixed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.0.1.11 (Jun 17, 2015)

  • Fixed: Slash line added to a few Rectangle Frames.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 8.0.0.10 (May 29, 2015)

  • Added: Various Fence types added and User-selected Left-Right Fence templates can be composed using 25 Fence shapes.
  • Added: Import/Export -> MathML Export supports "Minimize the use of Attributes" for simpler MathML output.
  • Added: Star shape and other frame types added.
  • Added: Copy As Edmodo supported for pasting in EDMODO.com.
  • Added: supports Pasting of Edmodo LaTeX expression with [math] prefix into MathMagic window.
  • Changed: Height calculation improved for Fence Alignment of "Baseline aligned, Height balanced" option.
  • Fixed: Detached Template bar and Symbol bar windows now have adjusted width.
  • Fixed: Some other minor issues fixed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.74 (May 29, 2015)

  • Added: Shortcut key ctrl-T, followed by shift-B to open Frame Types dialog.
  • Latest shortcut keys are available here: www.mathmagic.com/support/WinShortcut.html
  • Fixed: Several 2-step shortcut keys fixed including ctrl-K, followed by T to enter multiplication symbol, and shift-T to enter division symbol.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.73 (May 29, 2015)

  • Changed: The last item of Superscript template palette, predefined "power of 4", is changed to "-1".
  • Fixed: The default Alignment of Angle Fences and Vertical Lines was incorrect.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.72 (May 29, 2015)

  • Added: Plus, Minus, Equal sign added to the Plus-Or-Minus symbol palette for mouse users
  • Added: More raw MathMagic MMF data formats can be pasted in.
  • Changed: Size commands of +1pt, +0.1pt, -1pt and -0.1pt now apply the Relative size to each character in the current selection, instead of applying the the same size value to all characters.
  • Changed:The default Fence alignment changed to Center Alignment.
  • Fixed: Main Toolbar updates the current font size and style correctly when changed.
  • Fixed: Pasting of Frames with background color did not maintain the original background color.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.7.1.21 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • Changed: Selected Highlight area is larger to make it more visible if a thin line is selected. For example, minus sign, fraction line, bar fence, when selected by alt-click.
  • Fixed: Pasting Text expression, URL and ASCIIMath works better now with some special characters.
  • Fixed: SVG saving format named correctly in the Save As dialog.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.7 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • Added: Various new Frame types added to the Frame Selection dialog, more triangles, pentagon, hexagons and more.
  • Added: Applying Background colour supported for Framed boxes when cursor is located in the Frame.
  • Added: Changing the current Frame type supported.
  • Added: Frames improved and Background color supported in EPS and SVG formats
  • Fixed: Some minor issues fixed and improved.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.6.2.16 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • Changed: Trial period does not expire anymore. Instead, "Try" button works continuously after displaying Purchase message.
  • Fixed: The width and baseline alignment of Vertical Division templates fixed and improved.
  • Fixed: Frames improved in EPS and SVG formats

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.6.1.15 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Changed: Auto Update checking now supports silent checking if no newer build is available. Also some more info added if free update is available.
  • Fixed: XML header setting for SVG format in the Import/Export Options - MathML dialog not saved.
  • Fixed: Default style applies to the Pasted MathML and LaTeX for better result.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.6 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Added: User defined multiple Clip folders supported.
  • Added: New fonts added: MMSchoolRD family.
  • Added: PNG format supports the Resolution info: 72dpi ~ 600dpi.
  • Added: SVG format has improved size information for better compatibility with other applications.
  • Added: Large Symbol Template palette includes more large symbols.
  • Changed: Speech reading improved for Superscript values with the ability to support 'Squared', 'Cubed' and "to the power of" expressions.
  • Changed: OLE format can be turned On/OFF from Clipboard format options.
  • Fixed: MathML reading improved.
  • Fixed: Oval frame had a line in EPS randomly.
  • Fixed: could not open MathMagic equation files with an Empty box applied with Vertical Line Spacing value.
  • Fixed: Vertical long braces were not connected when some old MMVariable fonts used.
  • Fixed: Some symbols in the "Not-Set" palette caused crash when Undo / Redo applied.
  • Fixed: Some more minor fixes.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.8.89 (Feb 22, 2014)

  • Changed: File extension of .xml is now automatically changed to .html if HTML header is turned ON from the XML Export options dialog.
  • Changed: SVG file now has a better dimension info: width and height, especially when the Export rate is more than 100%.
  • Fixed: Extended Fences (vertical and horizontal) were not connected in EPS and SVG in some cases.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.7.88 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Changed: PNG saving now supports a better Transparency, based on Alpha Channel.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.6.82 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Changed: Frame Line thickness now allows 0 thickness to hide the line.
  • Fixed: Font names in the Factory Setting Style were incorrect for some Variable Fences and large Symbols.
  • Fixed: When pasted or inserted from Clip window, the current editor window did not update the equation correctly in some cases.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.5.79 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Changed: SVG format now embeds only those used glyphs instead of the whole font to reduce the file size if the font embedding option is turned On.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.3.73 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • Fixed: Crashed when Factory Settings button clicked in the Import/Export Options dialog.
  • Fixed: Paste as Text did not paste sometimes and it took too long to paste for a large amount of text.
  • Fixed: The vertical height of Leading LSubscript or Subscript fixed when no base character available.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.2.70 (Oct 9, 2013)

  • Fixed: Pasting Parentheses followed by a ^ or _ script expression in ASCIIMath format resulted in a Large sized box for the main text.
  • Fixed: Improved stability when opening many equation windows.
  • Fixed: SVG file did not maintain some European characters.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.1.60 (Jul 18, 2013)

  • Fixed: The height of Over-tilde and Over-hat too high.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.5.0.58 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • Added: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format is supported for a better compatibility with web and other applications.
  • Added: Circle and Round-sided frames are added to the Frame template palette.
  • Added: Define Spacing -> Negate pane has two more settings: separate Under-hang and Side gap for more control over strike-thru lines.
  • Added: Center arrowed templates added to Vector template palette.
  • Added: New MMaCenturyK fonts family is added.
  • Added: Minimum EPS bounding box size option added to Import/Export Options dialog - General setting pane.
  • Added: MathML optimization checkbox added to Import/Export Options - MathML pane for pasting MathML expression in MS Word 2007 or newer.
  • Added: "Format and Indent MathML output" option added to Import/Export Options - MathML pane to let user select a compact MathML output vs. line-feed, format and indented output.
  • Changed: Equation Clip file(.mmc) is supported in the Open dialog and drag-open.
  • Changed: (Pro only) The preview TIFF image in the EPS file now uses the Export rate specified in the Import/Export options dialog - General pane, with the minimum rate of 200% for a better quality preview.
  • Fixed: Some Admin Privilege related issues improved when the current user account does not have the privilege.
  • Fixed: The current cursor position was not within the editor window if the equation was wider than the editor window.
  • Fixed: Mouse scrolling was not working if the current mouse point was on an invisible window area.
  • Fixed: MathMagic now does not quit after opening an invalid file.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.4.4.53 (Jun 11, 2013)

  • Added: MathMagic application and its installer application are now signed for the compatibility with Windows User Access Control security feature.
  • Fixed: EPS or PDF saving took very long time if ttc fonts installed. Now, ttc fonts are ignored.
  • Fixed: Menu key followed by a Magic key inserted the shortcut key itself.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.4.3.48 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Changed: Arrow head is filled in OLE equation object for the WYSIWYG result, instead of line drawing.
  • Changed: MathMagic installer now sets the Compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2 or SP3 when installing for an improved stability on Windows Vista, 7 and 8.
  • Fixed: Double arrows now have the same line thickness in the editor for both upper and lower lines all the time.
  • Fixed: Copy As Bitmap based image shows a better result in some applications.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.4.2 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Added: User Data Folder is now saved in My Documents folder under the current User's Documents folder to help MathMagic work better on Windows 7 and Windows 8 without the Admin privilege.
  • Added: Two more Sigma symbols added to Define Shape dialog -> Sum symbol shape.(Classic shape and Eastern Thin shape)
  • Added: Transparent PNG format is supported with an option to set the background color to White in the File - Import/Export Options dialog.
  • Added: Anti-aliasing for text can be turned on or off from the Preferences dialog.
  • Changed: Personal Edition has the EPS format removed from the Save As options and Batch convert options although Personal Edition still can open EPS .
  • Changed: The default image size rate is set to 200% for some versions of MathMagic in the File -> Import/Export Options -> Image size for Export and Save As field.
  • Changed: Increased the Maximum Nudge distance.
  • Changed: The gap between Frame templates is removed now so frames can be connected to the next.
  • Fixed: User-defined EPS baseline shift value was entered incorrectly in EPS file.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.4.0.32 (Feb 2, 2013)

  • Added: Two shortcut keys added for LaTeX and other equation editor users: '^' key makes a superscript box and '_' key (underscore) makes a subscript box.
  • Added: "Change Integral Height" command added to Format menu to let user change the height of Integral symbol to Variable Height or Fixed Height without re-entering it.
  • Added: "Change Limit Position" commands added to Format menu.
  • Added: "Alignment Options" submenu with several menu items added to right-button clicked Contextual menu for easier applying.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.3.1 (Feb 2, 2013)

  • Added: "Shift the Baseline of EPS equation" field added in the Define Spacing dialog - Export Margin pane. (Pro Edition only)
  • Added: Default Font Size info added in the EPS file header.
  • Added: '\to' handled as '\rightarrow' when reading LaTeX.
  • Added: '\cbrt' for cube root and '\qdrt' for quad root expressions are recognized when reading LaTeX.
  • Changed: Some Define spacing preview images changed for a better description.
  • Fixed: URL now opens the default web browser instead of Internet Explorer.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.3.0.28 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • Added: Reversed Radical Symbol added to the Root template palette for Middle East right-to-left writing style.
  • Added: Color can be applied to Matrix lines, with the ability to support a separate color for each line by Alt-clicking on a line.
  • Added: Show/Hide Cursor option added to View menu.
  • Fixed: Fixed: '=' operator was named with 'equals' string in LaTeX output.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.2.1.24 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Added: Two new frequently used Root templates added to the Root template palette.
  • Changed: A few Wolframalpha expressions revised.
  • Changed: Minor installer behavior changed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.2.0.22 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Added: WolframAlpha format supported for Copy As. "See the result in WolframAlpha" command added under Edit menu as well.
  • Added: Some MMa symbol fonts revised with added glyphs: MMaFermat , MMaFraktur, MMaGauss, MMaPascal.
  • Added: Corresponding TTF fonts installed in the MathMagic folder for PDF embedding.
  • Fixed: MathMagic crashed if a new template inserted while a certain large operator template being selected.
  • Fixed: Greek Uppercase Theta was not treated as a Greek while editing.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.1.0.21 (Sep 22, 2012)

  • Added: Pica unit supported for Font size and other size values in Define Spacing fields. Can be entered in a standard Pica format(such as 1p2) for a regular Pica value, or in a Real number format(such as, 1.123) for a more fine control.
  • Added: Main Toolbar has a new button on the right side to save OLE equation back to the original document if the equation window is opened by OLE.
  • Changed: Imported LaTeX and MathML equations now use the default StyleSet setting, instead of its own predefined StyleSet.
  • Changed: MathMagic installer now adds a shortcut to MathMagic application in the Windows Start menu.
  • Fixed: Some Bold face in LaTeX expression was not maintained when importing.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 7.06 (Jul 31, 2012)

  • Added: "Apply this StyleSet to non-default styles, too" checkbox added to the Batch Conversion dialog to reset user-defined font, size, and face during the conversion.
  • hanged: File - Convert command now has a shortcut key, ctrl-shift-K.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.91 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • Changed: The default height of Left or right Superscript and Subscript templates changed when there is no base character.
  • Fixed: Drag&drop or Pasting of MathML expression did not work when there were leading space characters.
  • Fixed: "Save" dialog not displayed when closing a new window if the window received an equation via Drag&Drop only.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.9 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • Added: Batch Conversion dialog now supports Extracting equations from MS Word documents (.doc or .docx). Equations can be saved in MathMagic format or converted to EPS, JPEG, MathML, or LaTeX. MathMagic can also extract all graphic images out to separate files from MS Word documents.
  • Added: Frown embellishment and 4 other accents added to Accent template palette and some palette items rearranged.
  • Added: Variable height Angle division template added to the Fraction template. Its angle width and height can be adjusted in the Define Spacing -> Fraction pane.
  • Changed: Vector(right arrow) accent is now displayed as a character instead of drawing an arrow shape
  • Changed: Left and Top edge of editor window now has 3pt gap not to touch equation to the window frame.
  • Fixed: Some \cr expressions handled better when importing LaTeX or Wiki equations.
  • Fixed: one line equation with a function name at the end may cause crash when copied as Plain TeX

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.81 (Jan 5, 2010)

  • Added: "Close All Detached Palettes" command added to Window menu.
  • Changed: Multiple occurrences of the same Macro supported in the Save As dialog and Batch Conversion dialog.
  • Fixed: Some Greek symbols not converted by LaTeX converter.
  • Fixed: Some Math style information was not maintained after font, face or size changes.
  • Fixed: plus(+) and equal(=) signs did not maintain its Operator font style after copy and Paste or reopening

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.8 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • Added: Copy As Google Docs equation, Copy As Zoho equation commands added to Edit menu so that MathMagic equation can be pasted into Google Docs Equation editor window or Zoho Equation Editor window.
  • Added: The URL of Google Docs equation which contains its LaTeX expression can be pasted into MathMagic window. MathMagic parses the URL to extract the LaTeX expression.
  • Added: When pasting a TeX expression, Plain TeX conversion will be done prior to LaTeX conversion if CAPS LOCK key is being pressed.
  • Changed: "Copy and Export rate" setting moved from Preferences dialog to Import/Export Options dialog - General pane.
  • Changed: Default Copy and Export rate changed to 200%. User can change it to 100% ~ 800% from Import/Export Options dialog.
  • Fixed: Reset Nudge menu is enabled correctly only when there is a nudged part in the selection.
  • Fixed: LaTeX sum now has better handling of its under over script box.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.5 Build 9 (Oct 15, 2009)

  • Added: Color format and interface enhanced to support CMYK, RGB, Gray color separately, including the support for Process color and Spot color in EPS.
  • Added: New fence alignment(Fixed height) option added to Fence alignment dialog.
  • Added: Palette windows and Palette list icon can be enlarged to 150% or 200% from View menu.
  • Added: "Copy As" submenu added to the Right-button contextual menu.
  • Added: Current color is applied when new templates, symbols, and characters entered.
  • Changed: The Default text color for New document now gets the first color from the Application-wide color list instead of assigning a factory default black color.
  • Changed: op and ot symbols are now handled as Relational Operator symbol in TeX spacing rule.
  • Changed: Line spacing now feeds from baseline to baseline to make the line spacing remain same as much as possible.
  • Fixed: Mid-bar fences now work better with fence alignment options.
  • Fixed: Some fence alignments made upper part of equation disappeared.
  • Fixed: Clicking Font name combo box caused crash when an empty or illegal font name was selected.
  • Fixed: Baseline position of multi-lined equation fixed.
  • Fixed: Some other minor issues fixed.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 4.3 (Oct 15, 2009)

  • Added: Accents can be applied to a selected character or template, which was only possible for a non-selected one on the left side of cursor.
  • Added: Multi-page printing supported.
  • Changed: Upper/Lower horizontal fence templates are now sized to the main box width even if the script box is longer.
  • Changed: 'man' and 'mid' are removed from Function name table.
  • Fixed: Define spacing dialog layout was incorrect when Appearance settings had a larger Font size or non-English system font.
  • Fixed: Location of some Floating windows moved a little to the right on each launch.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 3.75 (Jan 31, 2009)

  • Added: 'Symbol' font and other Greek fonts(non-MMGreek keymapped) are now supported in L.C. Greek and U.C. Greek styles.
  • Fixed: Clip window was not displayed while launching if it was not previously saved in a larger size enough.

New in MathMagic Personal Edition 3.7b16 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • Fixed: License code is not checked correctly in some systems with a previous License code.
  • Fixed: Magic key followed by the shortcut key character after inserting a template or symbol.
  • Fixed: fixed some other minor issues.