Jun 22, 2018 After installing Microsoft office 2016, since it does not support Equation editor 3.0, all equations cannot be viewed and edited. That means Maths teachers from all around the world cannot edit their notes any more.
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac finally includes the new-style equation editor (which was already available in Word for Mac and PowerPoint for Windows). An equation can be inserted using a ribbon button (Insert → Insert Equation).
How can I add a keyboard shortcut for this? Is there already a keyboard shortcut for it?
For Word I could use the OS settings from System Preferences → Keyboard and set up a shortcut for the menu item named 'Equation'. But I cannot find a corresponding menu item in PowerPoint. I can only find this feature on the ribbon, but not the in menu. Is there any way to set up a keyboard shortcut for it?
Update:
Since the situation seems to be in flux, here's an update:
Older versions, including the one that was current when I asked the question, have the undocumented shortcut ⌘-⌥-=. There is no menu item in this versions that would allow setting up a shortcut manually. Answer by theoden.
More recent versions do not have a shortcut built in, but they do have the menu item Insert → Equation, which makes it possible to set up a shortcut manually. Answer by suntoch.
4 Answers
This shortcut is already in PowerPoint:⌘Option=
This produces a place to type an equation when you are in a text box.
Denis RasulevWord 2016 Equation Editor Not Working
You can't post keyboard shortcuts into comments, so I added an answer. I found out about the German keyboard shortcut (by trial and error). It is: ⌘alt´
So, on a German keyboard the equals sign has to be replaced with an apostrophe (the key next to the backspace key (on its left)) @Daniel
Powerpoint 2016 Tutorial Video
The shortcut posted by theoden seems to be broken in new versions.As a workaround one can just go to the System Preferences => Keyboard => Shortcuts => App Shortcuts and add another one for Microsoft PowerPoint with the 'Equation' as Menu Title.
Same as @olik79, I think it is useful to specify that the correct combination on Italian keyboard is Option+ì.