New! Download Microsoft Equation 3.0 For Office 2016 -

A: Equation 3.0 used a different font set (mostly Symbol and MT Extra ). The converter maps these to Cambria Math . Some symbols (e.g., curly brackets spanning multiple rows) may need manual fixing.

Even though you cannot download it, you might already have the binaries on your system. Microsoft kept the files for backwards compatibility but disabled the toolbar button. Download Microsoft Equation 3.0 For Office 2016

The removal was a security measure. The component was a third-party tool built by Design Science that contained a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882). Because the code was old and difficult to patch securely, Microsoft chose to retire it entirely to protect users from potential exploits. How to Edit Old Equations in Office 2016 A: Equation 3