It means your Office installation excluded the legacy components. Proceed to Step 3.
Keep Equation 3.0 disabled. Use the converter tool to migrate old equations once, then stop using the legacy editor forever.
Once you have downloaded the installer, follow these steps to install Microsoft Equation 3.0: Download Microsoft Equation 3.0 For Office 2016
To download Microsoft Equation 3.0 for Office 2016, follow these steps:
Microsoft officially removed this feature in a January 2018 update due to significant security vulnerabilities (specifically CVE-2017-11882 It means your Office installation excluded the legacy
Click OK. The editor will launch. You are done.
: Go to the Insert tab and click Equation (usually at the far right). Use the converter tool to migrate old equations
Since the original tool is deprecated, you have three primary ways to handle math equations in Office 2016:
Have a specific legacy document that won’t convert? Leave a comment below (or contact your IT support). For most users, the steps above will restore access or provide a permanent fix.
Copy EQNEDT32.EXE from an old Office installation.
After installation, you need to configure Microsoft Equation 3.0 to work with Office 2016: