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Add an equation to your Pages, Numbers, or Keynote document

  1. Tap or click where you want to add the equation, either in your document or in a text box or shape,then follow the steps for your device:
    • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap the Insert button , tap the Media button , then tap Equation.
    • On your Mac, from the menu bar, choose Insert > Equation.
  2. Enter an equation using LaTeX commands or MathML elements.1 On iPhone and iPad, you can also use the shortcut symbols above the keyboard. When you finish typing, a preview of the equation appears.2
  3. Click or tap Insert.3

Use MathType

You can also use MathType with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for Mac if you have MathType 6.7d or later installed. The first time you insert an equation, select Use MathType, or turn it on in Preferences:

Note: The new macOS version Catalina has removed several components that MathType 7 and previous versions depend on. Unfortunately, if you update your operating system to the current macOS Catalina MathType 7 or any of our older versions will stop running. Unfortunately, the new macOS version (Catalina) has removed several components which MathType 7.x and previous versions depend on. Therefore, if you update your operating system to macOS Catalina any MathType 7.x or older version will stop running. This macOS update is also affecting other applications such as some products of the Adobe family. MathType is a software application created by Design Science that allows the creation of mathematical notation for inclusion in desktop and web applications. After Design Science was acquired by Maths for More in 2017, their WIRIS web equation editor software been rebranded as MathType.

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MathType's Fonts. The following table lists MathType’s fonts. We’ve also listed Symbol although this font is only installed by MathType on Mac (MathType for Windows uses the Symbol font built into Windows). MathType's fonts are supplied in both TrueType and PostScript Type 1 format. Tap or click where you want to add the equation, either in your document or in a text box or shape, then follow the steps for your device: On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap the Insert button, tap the Media button, then tap Equation.

  1. Open Pages, Numbers, or Keynote.
  2. Choose [Application] > Preferences.
  3. Select the 'Insert and edit equations with MathType' checkbox.

Learn more

Learn which LaTeX commands and MathML elements you can use with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.

1. To make equation authoring easier, the equation editor is in math mode by default, so it isn't necessary to add math mode commands to your equations.

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2. If the preview is empty or displays an error, check your equation to make sure it’s correct.

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3. If an equation is by itself on a line of text, the equation centers based on the equals sign. To center based on the middle of the equation, add a space before or after the equation.