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selection tool to highlight your handwriting, and then drag the expression

into the MIP window.)

To use MIP on any other computer, write out the mathematical expression,
as neatly as you can, in the writing area. In the Preview area (see Figure 8-
35), you see Windows’ stab at recognizing your handwriting. If it’s all

correct, tap Insert to drop the equation into your word processor. But if
something needs correcting, you can show MIP what it got wrong in one of
several ways:

Right-click the mistake. Or, if the mistaken transcription is more
than one symbol, circle the error while pressing the right mouse

button.

Tap the mistake while pressing your stylus’s button. (Or, again,

circle the mistake while pressing the pen’s button.)

Click the Select and Cancel button. Now tap the erroneous

symbol, or circle the larger part that’s wrong.

Tip

It’s better to correct errors after you’ve written out the whole thing.

Immediately, a drop-down menu of alternative transcriptions appears.
Proceed as shown in Figure 8-35. If the expression is now complete, tap

Insert. If you have more to write, just keep on going. (If you got into
symbol-correction mode by tapping Select and Cancel, you’ll have to tap
Write before you continue.)

Tip
You can tap any entry in the History menu to re-input an expression you’ve entered before. When
you’re working on, for example, a proof or a drill with many similar problems, that can save you a
lot of time.