Microsoft Equation 3.0

Microsoft Equation 3.0 wont be on the list if the equation editor has not been installed. Cause Equation Editor 3.0 was a third-party component built by Design Science ( ) that was included in many versions of Office, but due to security issues with its implementation has been removed. Creare espressioni aritmetiche, funzioni ed equazioni.

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[German]On January 9, 2018, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office. Subsequently, users discovered that the formula editor was missing in Word or other Office modules. Here is some information and a solution how to get the Equation editor back.

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Some background information

  1. Because in this post I’m giving some keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Equation 3.0. Office XP and 2003 users can launch Equation Editor from Insert – Object – Microsoft Equation 3.0. And Office 2007 and 2010 users will find it from Object option under Insert Tab located at the upper right corner of the screen.
  2. Microsoft Equation 3 0 free download - Microsoft Jet Database Engine 3, Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Visual Basic, and many more programs.
  3. Microsoft Equation Editor 3 0 free download - Microsoft DirectX Redistributable (June 2010), Microsoft DirectX Drivers (Windows 95), Microsoft DirectX Drivers (Windows 98/98SE/Me),.

Equation Edition s a sad chapter in Microsoft Office. In the summer of 2017, researchers from the cyber security company Embedi discovered a CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability in the Office formula editor. An article about the bugs can also be found here. i. It turned out that this vulnerability was present in all Microsoft Office and Windows versions for the last 17 years.

The equation editor EQNEDT32.EXE, which was included in Microsoft Office until 2007 but was still shipped with Office, received an update to close the gap on November 2017 patchday (I mentioned it in the blog post Microsoft Office security updates (November 14, 2017)).

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While Microsoft replaced the old EQNEDT32.EXE component with a new component in 2007, the older file is still included in all Office installations so that users can load and edit equations that were created with the old component. Microsoft had to take action because hackers already exploited this vulnerability (see Hacker are misusing CVE-2017-11882 in Office EQNEDT32.EXE).

In my German blog post Hat Microsoft Zugriff auf Teile des Office-Quellcodes verloren? I had also pointed out that Microsoft has patched the formula editor binary, which is a bit obscure. The speculation was that Microsoft no longer has access to the source code.

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And there is another strange thing. In Office 2003, the equation editor is not vulnerable. The company Office 0patch had informed me by mail about the following:

We read your article on our analysis of the Equation Editor patch and would like to clarify that Office 2003 is, peculiarly, not vulnerable because for some reason, its Equation Editor executable is different and seems to have been built (or manually patched) 5 years later than the same executable in Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016/365.

Microsoft Equation 3.0 Excel

So Microsoft has patched the formula editor in Office 2003, while in later versions the vulnerable editor was delivered.

Update removes equation editor 3.0

In January 2018, Microsoft rolled out numerous security updates for Microsoft Office. I had described these in the blog post Microsoft Patchday: Office, Flash, Windows (January 9, 2018). In this German comment blog reader Joschi points out that the updates will remove the equation editor.

Office 2010 eqnedt322010-kb4011610 deletes the installed equation editor.

Therefore it is essential to uninstall and hide the update!

Also within this German Microsoft-Answers forum post someone noticed. There are other places to find it. On the PC, when clicking on a formula from Formula Editor 3.0, the error message: “Microsoft Equation Editor not available” appears.

Microsoft has meanwhile published the support article 4057882 on the subject. It states that you should use the new equation editor from Office or the paid application MathType.

0patch brings back the equation editor 3.0, including patch

However, many users in science and research – or in companies – probably still have documents that can only be edited with the equation formula editor 3.0. The folks from opatch informed me by e-mail that they have developed a solution to the problem. There is a way to get the equation editor back. At the same time, opatch’s micropatch technology can be used to close the known vulnerarbilities.

Whoever installed the Office security updates from January 9, 2018, has lost the equation editor 3.0. The respective updates delete five files (including EQNEDT32.EXE) from the EQUATION folder, leaving the subfolder 1033 and the EEINT.DLL in it intact. In addition, deleting CLSID {0002CE02-0000-0000-0000-0000-C000-0000000000000000000000000046} removes the Equation Editor from the registry as a local COM server.

However, in Office 2016, several files remain in the EQUATION folder after the update, and in some cases a 0-byte file EQNEDT32.EXE remains on the system.
The location of the EQUATION folder depends on both the Office version and whether the Office version is 32-bit or 64-bit. These are the default directories:

  • 32-bit Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 on 32-bit Windows: C:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft sharedEQUATION
  • 32-bit Office 2007, 2010 and 2013 on 64-bit Windows: C:Program Files (x86)Common Filesmicrosoft sharedEQUATION
  • 64-bit Office 2007, 2010 and 2013: C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedEQUATION
  • 32-bit Office 2016 and 365 on 32-bit Windows: C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficerootVFSProgramFilesCommonX86Microsoft SharedEQUATION
  • 32-bit Office 2016 and 365 on 64-bit Windows: C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficerootVFSProgramFilesCommonX86Microsoft SharedEQUATION
  • 64-bit Office 2016 and 365: C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficerootVFSProgramFilesCommonX64Microsoft SharedEQUATION

You can copy the missing files from the Office installation media or another computer back to the appropriate folders. Afterwards, register the equation editor as a COM server again. And then you should install the 0patch fixes to close the vulnerarbility. opatch has published the exact description in this blog post. Maybe it will help the one or other user who depends on the formula editor 3.0.

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The Equation Editor allows you to easily define complex equations within a Word document. Many other WordTips have dealt with how to use the Equation Editor and format equations. Normally, you use one of these two methods to start the Equation Editor:

  • Double-click on an existing equation originally created with the Equation Editor.
  • Choose Object from the Insert menu. Word displays the Object dialog box. Choose Microsoft Equation from the list.

If you use a lot of equations in your documents, these methods can quickly become tedious. To make life easier, you can add an Equation Editor tool to any toolbar. To add the tool, follow these steps:

Microsoft Equation 3.0 Object

  1. Choose Customize from the Tools menu. Word displays the Customize dialog box.
  2. Make sure the Commands tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)

    3. Figure 1. The Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.

  3. In the Categories list, choose All Commands.
  4. In the Commands list, choose Insert Equation.
  5. Drag the Insert Equation command to a position on an existing toolbar.
  6. Click on Close.

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Now, to invoke the Equation Editor, just click on the new tool. When you do, the Equation Editor springs to life, ready to help you.