In Google Docs' document editor, there's rudimentary support for adding mathematical equations.
I didn't find anything like that in Google Slides' editor.
Anyone know a workaround?
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Sign up to join this communityIn Google Docs' document editor, there's rudimentary support for adding mathematical equations.
I didn't find anything like that in Google Slides' editor.
Anyone know a workaround?
I found this online LaTeX editor. It allows you to type LaTeX and download an image of the resulting equation. It even shows in real time what the equation looks like.
I'm going to use the online LaTeX equation editor to place an equation in Google Presentations, just like you wanted to.
Here's an example:
It's a kind of REST interface that generates a downloadable .png image like this, similar to Google Chart API.
There is now a Chrome add-on for mathematical equations, but it's not inline.
It's named Math Equations
See this thread in the Google Docs forums.
A mathematical formula created in a Google Docs text document can be dragged to a presentation slide.
You can install Math Equations add-on for Slides, and then go to Add-ons → Math Equations → Menu.
Checkout the Chrome extension EquatIO.
With it it is possible to add equations with LaTeX to google slides.
Go to insert, click on special characters and everything that you need should be right there. This is only for google slides, I don't know how to do it for google docs. Another option is typing the equation in google docs and then pasting it in google slides.
There is no direct and clean way to add equations to Google Slides but you can make an equation in Microsoft Excel, copy it and paste it in Slides.
Note that you can't do this from Google Docs, that is, if you copy-paste an equation created in Docs, it will appear as plain text in Slides losing all equation formatting.
A tip: before you copy the equation from Excel, you may consider enlarging its size by selecting it > Home > Change Font Size.
I am working with Linux, so I do not know if there is similar software. In Linux, however, the simplest solution I know of is writing your LaTeX code into KLaTeXFormula, clicking on copy and pasting it with CTRL+V right into the document.
KLaTeXFormula is great software: It allows you to set your own preamble and also saves previous entries, which you can easily look up in a library.
You can add extension Math Equations. Its latex based, for Google Slides, you can go to Add-on dropdown menu and select Math Equations(which will appear in the list after you add the extension). Its pretty intuitive to use, just type the latex equation in the text space(an interface will appear at the side of the slide). Then, click on add to slide button just below the text box, to add the equation to the slide.