See "WD2000: Equation Square Brackets Cut Off w/Subscript/Superscript
[269568]" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269568

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

Francesca,

My main recommendation is to download and install the 30-day
evaluation version of MathType -- the professional version of
Equation Editor. It's available at the link in my signature. It
will solve the problem you describe, and will be usable beyond
the 30 day trial period, though with many features disabled. If
you'd rather not go this route, read on...

The brackets are formed by a font -- specifically the font MT
Extra. We have 2 articles on our web site that deal with this
problem. I'm thinking the first one will solve the problem, but
if it doesn't, then you should look at the second one too. Here
they are:

http://www.dessci.com/en/support/TSN/TSN52.htm
http://www.dessci.com/en/support/TSN/TSN77.htm

If going through those procedures don't work, then do this...

1. Go to Control Panel | Fonts and delete the font MT Extra.

2. Close the font window.

3. Repeat steps #1 and #2 until there is no entry for MT Extra.
(This is necessary because some applications install their own
version of MT Extra, so you may have more than one installed,
although only one will show up.)

4. Download and install the MathType fonts from
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/fonts/.

Let me know if you continue to have problems.

Bob Mathews                  bobm@dessci.com
Director of Training         830-990-9699
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