After the trial period, it becomes MathType Lite, which is free forever, has essentially the same features as Equation Editor, and will receive the same security updates as a MathType registered version. The basis of Microsoft’s recommendation, “edit Equation Editor 3.0 equations without security issues with MathType” is that we (Wiris) worked with Microsoft to eliminate the security issues in MathType, and released a new version (MathType 6.9c).Īlso, we recommend Equation Editor users download and install the MathType 30-day trial.
MS has proposed 2 workarounds for nuking the old Equation Editor. With the demise of the “old” Equation Editor 3.0: