Word – Hotkey for insert equation to word 2010

Here are two options depending on your situation:

Situation 1: Your copy of Office was installed from a Spanish language based install media.

You will be able to set the default language to English, but core functions will use the native language of the installation media.

The only fix is to uninstall the Spanish version, and install from an English-based install media.

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Situation 2: Everything seems to be English, but occasionally foreign languages appear.

In this situation, here are repair instructions for Office 2002:

1. Click the Start menu
2. Point to Programs
3. Point to Microsoft Office Tools
4. Click Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
5. Click the Enabled Languages tab.
6. Go to the Default version of Microsoft Office box
7. Select the language you want
8. Click OK. A message will appear telling you what changes will be made.
9. Click Continue

I hope this helps.

Microsoft simply hasn't implemented a nice solution to this problem (just like equation numbering, which requires a 1-by-3 invisible table!). The only reasonable solution is your "second approach", that is, putting the punctuation mark inside the formula. I always do that.

[Besides, Microsoft Word and semantics -- you simply cannot be this pedantic in Microsoft Word. Personally, I am seriously considering abandoning Microsoft Word in favour of HTML5+CSS3, which is superior in most ways. Unfortunately, there is no convenient and standardised way of entering math in HTML.]