Equation Editor does not work with Word.  It works with Power Point but
not Word.  This is a new computer bought from Dell with Office Small
Business Edition 2003 preinstalled.  If I try to insert an equation in a
Word document, the Editor itself opens, but the equations that are
written don't appear in the Word document (File| Update does nothing).  
What appears is { EMBED Equation.3 }.  Similarly, if I open a previously
made Word document with equations in it, I get { EMBED Equation.3 } or
something like that, instead of the equations.  I tried uninstalling and
reinstalling Office Small Business Edition; no change.  And I tried
installing Equation Editor using Control Panel| Add or Remove Programs|
Office| Add or Remove features| Chose Advanced customization of...|
Office Tools| Equation Editor.  But even though I was told the
installation was successful, it wasn't.
A person at Dell customer support said I need to Restore to the
configuration I had when I received the computer.  I'm reluctant to do
this because I spent a lot of time, before discovering the Equation
Editor problem, installing things and getting my environment just as I
like it.  I don't want to lose what I have done.
Any ideas?