Indesign, word, mathtype problems...wmf-scaling defect

hello
Word document with mathtype equations, place doc in indesign, everything look fine, BUT:
1. some equation is scaled to 90.9% horizontaly, some not. Why?
2. indesign makes embeded eps files from equations. When exporting it to folder via unembed option, indesign make eps file (fine) but in format wmf with extension eps (wrong) which is rgb (wrong). How to make pure eps cmyk files?

Hello,
I use my scripts (MT-Script) for this purpose.
For example,
1. unembed all equations as Eqn0010.eps and so on (automatically)
2. format them via MathType API to restore true cmyk eps (automatically as well).
But this is only on PC.

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