General guidelines

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MoboMath will work much better for you if you follow some simple rules:

 

Write clearly
Don't connect characters, and use printed rather than cursive characters
Write in as straight a line as possible across the page, not on a noticeable slant
Write expressions in a natural order, and don't go back to fix up earlier characters. If necessary, use Undo instead.
Write parenthesized expressions like "(a+b)" in any one of four commonly used orders "(a+b)", "()a+b", "a+b()", or "a+b)(" in all cases resulting in an expression that looks like (a+b). You can use any natural order to write an expression, but changing or adding to existing characters is not supported. For example, writing "a-b" first and then adding a stroke to change the - to a + won't work.
Keep independent expressions well separated. If you are editing or adding more characters to a region, write close to the existing expression. To create a new expression, write well away from any existing regions.
You can only add ink to one region at a time. This applies to both new regions and existing regions.
You can only perform editing operations on formatted math expressions, not ink.
MoboMath only recognizes meaningful expressions. For example, MoboMath does not consider a lone "+" meaningful if you try to recognize it you will probably get "t"  instead.