InDesign CS3 & MathType 6.5 Windows

I use InMath in InDesign. We have equations/stacked Math problems in Word with MathType 6.5 used.
I want to copy and paste the text out of MathType 6.5 and paste it in InDeign as "text" to do the equations in InMath in InDesign. I have not succeded. The copy/paste from Words MathType keeps pasting in as a graphic.
Help...

Seems to me you have two choices:
1) You can give client required Mathtype EPS files without PDF.
2) Or you can educate client. Mathtype EPS files don't always work. Illustrator AI files do.
You don't have to leave out the EPS files. You can still deliver EPS to client, in fact you'll want to save EPS (or WMF) as a source file from which to make changes. Just make the AI file for ID.
FWIW, I've been using various versions of Mathtype with different DTP applications (not just Indesign) since 1997. None of the versions I've used (I haven't tested 6.5 yet) has been 100% suitable for high-end desktop publishing. Despite that, I've always managed to make it work, and I've typeset dozens of equations books--some with literally thousands of equations in them--using Mathtype.
Sometimes the client really is wrong.
Ken

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