For Immediate Release
New MathType 6.6 brings math support to over 350 applications and websites
New version also adds handwritten math support to
Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
LONG BEACH, Calif. — December 17, 2009
— Design Science today announced the release of MathType™ 6.6 for Windows,
featuring support for Windows 7's handwriting recognition feature as well as
extending its support to over 350 applications and websites in areas such as
education, elearning, calculation, word processing, presentation, email, blogs
and wikis. Among the newly supported applications and websites are
Google Docs,
Gmail,
Blackboard and many others.
For the last year, the company has been
implementing its Equations Everywhere
and Anywhere!™
initiative, enhancing MathType to eventually work with virtually all
the applications and websites used by students, teachers, professors, elearning
authors, scientists and engineers. With this new release, MathType now works
with over 350 applications and websites. It also features an accompanying
"Works With
..." web application that shows detailed instructions on how best to use
MathType with each product. "Scientists, engineers and educators are now
able to work with math notation in
a much wider variety of applications and websites than ever
before," said Paul R. Topping, Design Science's President & CEO. "Our
goal is to make MathType the tool of choice for all mathematical communication."
MathType has long been known as the professional
version of the Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, used by millions of
educators, scientists and engineers to create papers and presentations with
textbook-quality equations. According to scientific and technical publishers,
over 85% of submitted manuscripts containing mathematical notation are Microsoft
Word documents with MathType or Equation Editor equations.
MathType is US $57 for academic users, $97 for
non-academic users; upgrades are US $37 for academic users, $49 for non-academic
users. Anyone can download MathType from the Design Science website and try it
free for 30 days.
About Design Science
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach,
California, Design Science develops software used by educators, scientists and
publishing professionals, including MathType, Equation Editor in Microsoft
Office, MathFlow, MathDaisy and MathPlayer, to communicate on the web and in
print. For more information please visit
www.dessci.com.
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Contact:
Bruce Virga
brucev@dessci.com
800-827-0685
+1 (562) 432-2920
Design Science, Inc.
140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802
USA
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