WD: Equilibrium Symbol Not Available in Symbol or Equation Editor

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The Math Ext (Mathext.ttf) font is shipped with the following products:

• Microsoft Word Supplemental WordPerfect Converter Kit (Mathext.ttf - 34KB - 5/8/95 2:16 PM)
  
  - or -
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0, CD (Mathext.ttf - 34KB - 9/27/95 7:00 PM)
  
  NOTE: The font is not installed by Office 7.0 Setup, but is included in the following folder on the CD:

  <CD_ROM_drive>:\Valupack\Wpftutil\Fonts

If you are installing the font from the Microsoft Word Supplemental WordPerfect Converter Kit on a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft NT, version 4.0, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. Click the C drive icon. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
3. Copy all files from the Microsoft Word Supplemental WordPerfect Converter Kit disk to the new folder you created in step 2.
4. Double-click the Wpcnv.exe file to extract the files.
5. Double-click the file called Setup.exe.
6. If you receive a message that states Microsoft Word 6.0 could not be found, click OK.
7. Click Custom.
8. If you want to install all components of the WordPerfect Converter Kit, click Continue. If you only want the fonts, clear the check boxes of all the other components, except "Fonts," and then click Continue. When Setup is complete, click OK.
9. Restart Windows.

If you are installing the font from the Office 7.0 CD, follow these steps:

1. Insert Office 7.0 CD 1 into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click the Fonts icon.
4. On the File menu, click Install New Font.
5. Change the Drive to the CD-ROM drive.
6. Select <CD-ROM_Drive>:\Valupack\Wpftutil\Fonts folder.
7. Select "Math Ext (True Type)," and then click OK.
8. Close the Fonts folder and Control Panel.
9. Restart Windows.

These symbols cannot be used directly in an Equation Editor object. They cannot even be pasted from the clipboard.

The Left & Right Harpoon and Right & Left Harpoon symbols (also collectively known as Double Harpoon) consist of two horizontal harpoon symbols (an arrow with only one barb or diagonal line on the point), one over the other one, pointing in opposite directions. The order of direction in the name is determined by which way the top harpoon points. These are the symbols most commonly used to represent equilibrium. The Double Harpoon is the symbol most predominantly required in printed text.

Following are alternatives that may be acceptable in some circumstances:

• The Left & Right Arrow (consisting of a single horizontal line with an outward-pointing arrowhead at each end).
• The Double Left & Right Arrows (consisting of a left arrow over a separate right arrow).
• The Double Left & Right Arrow (consisting of two horizontal lines, one over the other like an equal sign, with an outward-pointing arrowhead at each end).

HTML documents have standardized on the "Less-Than Double-Hyphen Greater- Than" string (<-->).