Handwritten notes to Word, equations included

Equations you can edit, not images

Most ways of getting handwritten math into Word end with a picture of the equation on the page. Scriveno converts each equation into Word's own equation format, so it scales with the text, stays sharp when printed, and can be edited in Word's equation editor like one you typed yourself.

The rest of the page comes too

Headings and paragraphs come through as text, tables in your notes become Word tables, and hand-drawn diagrams are cropped from the original and placed near where they were drawn. Multi-page PDFs come back as one document, page by page.

If one page's math can't be converted, that page falls back to plain text rather than breaking the whole file.

When Word is the right format

Word is what most schools, offices and journals' submission templates expect, and it's the easiest format to hand to someone who doesn't use LaTeX. Teachers can turn handwritten worked solutions into editable handouts; students can drop their notes into a report; anyone can add comments with track changes.

Already have LaTeX rather than handwriting? The free LaTeX to Word converter does the same equation conversion for pasted LaTeX.

Word, LaTeX or PDF?

Every conversion offers all of them, so pick by what happens next. Choose Word when someone else will edit, comment on or reformat the document, or when a template demands .docx. Choose LaTeX when the document will grow into a paper, a thesis chapter or a problem-set series with consistent notation. Choose PDF when it just needs to be read, printed or submitted as it is.

For the most reliable Word result, photograph one page at a time, flat and evenly lit, and keep each equation on its own line where you can - the same habits that make handwriting easier for a person to read.