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This is a demonstration of WIRIS editor.
This tool allows you to insert math formulas into any web content.
In order to create a formula, you just have to click on the icons or type on your keyboard.
All the icons are organized in different thematic tabs.
As you can see, it is a quite powerful tool.
If you choose to have a simpler toolbar...
...you can also use our standard simple one or configure one yourself.
Besides the main tab, where the most common symbols are displayed...
... you’ve got a tab for the symbols;
... one for arrows and ellipsis;
... one for the Greek alphabet;
... one for matrices and vectors;
... one for all possible subscripts and superscripts;
... one for accents and strikes;
... one for the big operators, such as summation or intersection;
... and finally one for analysis.
Let’s start by the simplest example: x equals square root of 5.
It wasn't hard work!
Let us try something more advanced.
Let us now create a matrix of dimensions 3 and 3.
You might have noticed that there is a tab at the end that was grey and has now changed to pink.
This tab is called the “Contextual tab” and it offers you extra options in accordance with the type of content that you’re creating.
If you’re editing a matrix, the contextual tab displays options for...
... adding and deleting rows and columns,
... for adding lines and margins...
.... and for changing the alignment and spacing of its elements.
This contextual tab changes if you’re editing a different element.
If we place the cursor on the first expression now, we can align the formula in different positions related to the matrix.
Very nice, but... How do I get to use this formula editor in my website?
You are most likely not writing HTML from scratch, but using a specific tool instead.
This tool can be a blog authoring tool, such as Wordpress...
... or it can be a learning platform, for example Moodle or Blackboard.
Or it can be any other web authoring tool, as a content management system (CMS).
First of all, you need the WIRIS plugin installed in your platform.
All the information and downloads related to this can be found at wiris.com.
Once you or your platform administrator has installed the WIRIS plugin, you’ll see the WIRIS editor icon in your HTML editor.
Simply click on the icon and the formula editor pops up.
If you want to edit an existing formula, just double-click on it and it pops up in edition mode.
Click on Accept button and your modifications will be saved.
You should also know that some platforms choose to change the WIRIS editor icon.
It is unusual, but you should be prepared to find a different icon leading you to the WIRIS formula editor.
In this example, we can see the icon of Blackboard Learn.
There are a couple of additional features that are surely of interest to many users:
These are accessibility and LaTeX scripting language compatibility.
What regards accessibility, when you create a formula, a verbal description of it is created automatically.
This description is stored within the image, so the author doesn’t have to worry about it.
He won’t even notice, but it will be added to every formula.
In this example, we can see the verbal description of one half plus x squared.
The second feature is the LaTeX compatibility.
This feature is interesting if you’ve already created lots of formulas using the scripting language LaTeX.
Just place the cursor on the LaTeX script and click on the WIRIS editor icon...
... and you can edit your script in a visual manner.
No need to bother with scripting ever again!
Well, so much for now! :)
Remember that WIRIS editor runs on any operating system, as Windows, Linux and Mac O.S...
... and it also runs on tablets and mobile phones.
Take it anywhere and enjoy creating math formulas as simply as you’ve never done before.