First step of writing equation in Ms Word is to get equation editor. When compounds react they are chemically changed into new compounds. The general form of the equation for such a process looks like this.
Click the icon itself to open up a larger menu of equation options on the ribbon.
Open a new or existing Word document and click the Insert tab. The arrow represents the reaction or change taking place. The years of writing just some bad-looking arrows are over note that for some recent versions of MS Word the combination that works is ALT C instead of ALT X. In any chemical reaction one or more substances called reactants are converted into one or more new substances called products.