# Adding Math or Interactive Content **URL:** https://pressbooks.community/c/using-pressbooks/adding-math-or-interactive-content/36.md [Latest](https://pressbooks.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://pressbooks.community/categories.md) --- ## [About the Adding Math or Interactive Content category](https://pressbooks.community/t/about-the-adding-math-or-interactive-content-category/4434)
**Author:** [@SteelWagstaff](https://pressbooks.community/u/SteelWagstaff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/about-the-adding-math-or-interactive-content-category/4434 "2025-10-07T16:08:09Z")
Questions about including math expressions, H5P activities, and other interactive media within Pressbooks. --- ## [Examples of reflective activities using h5P](https://pressbooks.community/t/examples-of-reflective-activities-using-h5p/4626)
**Author:** [@Amanda\_Coolidge](https://pressbooks.community/u/Amanda_Coolidge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/examples-of-reflective-activities-using-h5p/4626 "2026-07-14T18:53:21Z")
Hello All! I am curious if anyone has examples of creating H5P reflective journals in Pressbooks? A client was asking me about this yesterday and I didn’t know of an example. Ideally, the reflective journal would be rec… --- ## [H5P Not Displaying Properly After Updating](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-not-displaying-properly-after-updating/4575)
**Author:** [@Shauna](https://pressbooks.community/u/Shauna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-not-displaying-properly-after-updating/4575 "2026-06-01T23:25:08Z")
We have a situation where the H5P content type library (specifically, the question set) for a book was updated after some H5P (same content type) were created, and now the H5P in the book are not displaying properly. Som… --- ## [QuickLaTeX and MathJax questions](https://pressbooks.community/t/quicklatex-and-mathjax-questions/4501)
**Author:** [@Merc\_Chasman](https://pressbooks.community/u/Merc_Chasman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/quicklatex-and-mathjax-questions/4501 "2026-04-28T18:15:02Z")
I am using Pressbooks for the first time, and I am trying to make an accessible version of a course packet for a trigonometry course based on a collection of LaTeX source files. I have the QuickLaTeX plugin installed, a… --- ## [LaTeX Divide Symbol Not Working](https://pressbooks.community/t/latex-divide-symbol-not-working/4566)
**Author:** [@Shauna](https://pressbooks.community/u/Shauna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/latex-divide-symbol-not-working/4566 "2026-04-15T20:48:27Z")
Is anyone having issues with the LaTeX divide symbol (\\div) not rendering correctly? It is showing as a nabla symbol (inverted delta or triangle). --- ## [Displaying MP3 files within a table](https://pressbooks.community/t/displaying-mp3-files-within-a-table/4564)
**Author:** [@HelenMoore](https://pressbooks.community/u/HelenMoore)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/displaying-mp3-files-within-a-table/4564 "2026-04-09T13:59:05Z")
Hello, I have an author who wants to embed several MP3 files into a table. The table cells containing the MP3 files get wider each time. It looks fine in the visual editor but not in the preview. I get the same problem … --- ## [MathML equation styling for PDF exports](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathml-equation-styling-for-pdf-exports/4215)
**Author:** [@ScottMcC](https://pressbooks.community/u/ScottMcC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathml-equation-styling-for-pdf-exports/4215 "2025-11-10T21:13:09Z")
Background: I am using MathML equations throughout one of our books. The MathML formats nicely for both inline and non-inline equations. Both equations are styled using \ but the non-inline equation… --- ## [SVG for epub with Mathjax?](https://pressbooks.community/t/svg-for-epub-with-mathjax/2844)
**Author:** [@kaywm](https://pressbooks.community/u/kaywm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/svg-for-epub-with-mathjax/2844 "2025-10-16T20:23:14Z")
Hello, We have a book that makes exstensive use of MathML, but the images produced in the epub export are incredibly blurry. I used Pandoc to create an epub with SVG images for the math (that epub has its own problems).… --- ## [Tables in Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.community/t/tables-in-pressbooks/427)
**Author:** [@beckej](https://pressbooks.community/u/beckej)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/tables-in-pressbooks/427 "2018-03-22T12:48:01Z")
I am trying to help a philosophy professor convert an OER book on logic that was written completely in latex into pressbooks so we can have a responsive web version, and its more easily remixed and adopted. Things were … --- ## [MathJax Tags, Formatting and PDF Exports](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathjax-tags-formatting-and-pdf-exports/2380)
**Author:** [@schoutenm](https://pressbooks.community/u/schoutenm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathjax-tags-formatting-and-pdf-exports/2380 "2025-10-02T18:20:35Z")
Salutations! We at the MacEwan University Library been working on a local install of PressBooks to facilitate open scholarship and, primarily, textbook development for faculty and students. It’s still a very young serv… --- ## [Anonymous form input?](https://pressbooks.community/t/anonymous-form-input/2372)
**Author:** [@poritzj](https://pressbooks.community/u/poritzj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/anonymous-form-input/2372 "2023-03-22T17:37:42Z")
I’m working with someone on an OER where they want folks to be able to submit information into a form-like interface. A previous solution was to have a link to a Google form … but there is a fear that Google is a survei… --- ## [Embedding iframe from Wooclap?](https://pressbooks.community/t/embedding-iframe-from-wooclap/2440)
**Author:** [@Marta\_S](https://pressbooks.community/u/Marta_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/embedding-iframe-from-wooclap/2440 "2023-06-23T23:40:29Z")
Hello all, has anyone had any luck embedding iframes from other sources than H5P? I want to embed Wooclap and Genially ifames into my books, but no luck so far. Any suggestions? Update: I was able to embed the geniall… --- ## [H5P import error: Validating h5p package failed](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-import-error-validating-h5p-package-failed/3105)
**Author:** [@lmaccallum](https://pressbooks.community/u/lmaccallum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-import-error-validating-h5p-package-failed/3105 "2024-12-05T19:54:33Z")
Hi, When importing H5P activities into Pressbooks, I’m consistently encountering an error message when importing multi-media H5P: Validating h5p package failed. There’s usually additional info like ‘Missing main library… --- ## [How to scale SVG images uniformly](https://pressbooks.community/t/how-to-scale-svg-images-uniformly/2861)
**Author:** [@susanszkyp](https://pressbooks.community/u/susanszkyp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/how-to-scale-svg-images-uniformly/2861 "2024-08-22T03:29:51Z")
I am currently working on a book with a lot of LaTeX exported figures (generated through tikz, forest and prooftrees). I thought the obvious output choice would be SVG, but Pressbooks keeps resizing the SVGs from their ‘… --- ## [Kaltura and Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.community/t/kaltura-and-pressbooks/4338)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Lawson](https://pressbooks.community/u/Robert_Lawson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/kaltura-and-pressbooks/4338 "2025-08-05T18:36:25Z")
Has anyone used Kaltura with Pressbooks? I’m having difficulty with the embed code for videos. When I paste them in the code editor, the video shows up but then disappears when I save. The preview shows the embed code bu… --- ## [Error importing h5p package from another Pressbook](https://pressbooks.community/t/error-importing-h5p-package-from-another-pressbook/4367)
**Author:** [@aleb118](https://pressbooks.community/u/aleb118)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/error-importing-h5p-package-from-another-pressbook/4367 "2025-08-18T14:45:06Z")
Hi friends! Librarian here working with a couple faculty members on a textbook project. Attaching the error messages she received when importing the h5p package from one text to the other. Has anyone encountered a simila… --- ## [H5P LaTeX in Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-latex-in-pressbooks/1525)
**Author:** [@obahama](https://pressbooks.community/u/obahama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-latex-in-pressbooks/1525 "2020-11-30T13:38:21Z")
I just want to double check to see if I’ve got this right: I want to add LaTeX capability to our H5P content. According to this page I downloaded the library. Now all I need to do in Pressbooks is go to left panel H5P Co… --- ## [Importing Microsoft Math](https://pressbooks.community/t/importing-microsoft-math/1422)
**Author:** [@lrm6](https://pressbooks.community/u/lrm6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/importing-microsoft-math/1422 "2020-07-15T22:25:08Z")
I’m working on getting a statistics text from word into Pressbooks. The text was authored in word and has thousands of equations in Word’s equation format. I’ve done some test imports and I haven’t had success getting th… --- ## [MathML and inline equations](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathml-and-inline-equations/1047)
**Author:** [@beckej](https://pressbooks.community/u/beckej)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathml-and-inline-equations/1047 "2024-10-21T17:43:53Z")
I’ve been playing with the mathml in pressbooks that came in the last update. I’ve been unable so far to make mathml appear inline in a paragraph, so far, the Wordpress editor has been forcing line breaks before and afte… --- ## [MathJax expressions forcing removal of new line text](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathjax-expressions-forcing-removal-of-new-line-text/1805)
**Author:** [@Ana](https://pressbooks.community/u/Ana)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/mathjax-expressions-forcing-removal-of-new-line-text/1805 "2021-11-02T19:11:50Z")
Has there been any change in the MathJax (\[latex\] \[/latex\] code? I am finding that when MathJax expressions are included in a paragraph in Examples textbox, they force removal of start of new line. For example, as in i… --- ## [Getting Audio to Play Automatically](https://pressbooks.community/t/getting-audio-to-play-automatically/1209)
**Author:** [@Anne](https://pressbooks.community/u/Anne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/getting-audio-to-play-automatically/1209 "2019-12-13T18:15:11Z")
Hello, I’m really new to Pressbooks and am just testing it out. I’d like to get audio to automatically play when a page is viewed. Is this possible? I tried to embed media but don’t like that the media image shows (as … --- ## [One YouTube Video that won't embed properly](https://pressbooks.community/t/one-youtube-video-that-wont-embed-properly/2586)
**Author:** [@HeatherM](https://pressbooks.community/u/HeatherM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/one-youtube-video-that-wont-embed-properly/2586 "2023-12-06T00:39:42Z")
Hello! I am working on a book that has several YouTube videos embeded within textboxes within each chapter. I have one single video that will not embed properly. It looks fine when I am in the admin instance of the book,… --- ## [Streaming LaTeX (via GitHub) into Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.community/t/streaming-latex-via-github-into-pressbooks/922)
**Author:** [@savages](https://pressbooks.community/u/savages)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/streaming-latex-via-github-into-pressbooks/922 "2019-05-04T21:37:11Z")
I’m working with a student to try and translate a open textbook written in LaTeX (and running out of a GitHub repository) into Pressbooks. Is anyone else doing this? It is proving to be a bit difficult and the closest we… --- ## [.H5P Bulk Export / Download from a Pressbook](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-bulk-export-download-from-a-pressbook/2308)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Algrim](https://pressbooks.community/u/Jacob_Algrim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/h5p-bulk-export-download-from-a-pressbook/2308 "2025-01-03T04:17:27Z")
An instructor at our institution has written an interactive Pressbook with quite a lot of H5P activities. The admin view of the book allows viewing of a list of all H5P content in the book with links to open individual … --- ## [Excessive blank space after latex equations in pdf exports](https://pressbooks.community/t/excessive-blank-space-after-latex-equations-in-pdf-exports/2867)
**Author:** [@lrizquierdo](https://pressbooks.community/u/lrizquierdo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/excessive-blank-space-after-latex-equations-in-pdf-exports/2867 "2025-09-15T14:04:54Z")
Hi, Whenever I use an environment in latex, such as \\begin{equation} or \\begin{align}, the equations look great in the web-book, but they don’t in the pdf export. There is a huge blank space after the equations. I show … --- ## [Latex color change causes "Formula Does Not Parse" in PDF Export](https://pressbooks.community/t/latex-color-change-causes-formula-does-not-parse-in-pdf-export/1787)
**Author:** [@ColbyDigsSoil](https://pressbooks.community/u/ColbyDigsSoil)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/latex-color-change-causes-formula-does-not-parse-in-pdf-export/1787 "2023-04-07T16:47:06Z")
I am working on an instructor copy of a lab manual in Pressbooks. I am making all completed answers in the instructor copy be blue. Normal Latex equations format fine in all exports. However, I realized today that in the… --- ## [Responsive Native video](https://pressbooks.community/t/responsive-native-video/807)
**Author:** [@johnpeterm](https://pressbooks.community/u/johnpeterm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/responsive-native-video/807 "2018-12-03T16:59:58Z")
When we upload video through native option, it should automatically deliver at multiple resolutions for crystal clear video anytime, any device. --- ## [Music symbols using Latex too small...any ideas](https://pressbooks.community/t/music-symbols-using-latex-too-small-any-ideas/4124)
**Author:** [@musorianin](https://pressbooks.community/u/musorianin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/music-symbols-using-latex-too-small-any-ideas/4124 "2025-03-10T13:35:18Z")
Hi, I’m using quick Latex to include some basic music characters (sharps, flats, etc.) in line with text in a book I’m writing. The problem is that these are rendered rather small in relation to the text and also lower … --- ## [When lightbox enabled, all image URLs ending with .jpg (etc.) open in lightbox](https://pressbooks.community/t/when-lightbox-enabled-all-image-urls-ending-with-jpg-etc-open-in-lightbox/2534)
**Author:** [@Pam\_Carson](https://pressbooks.community/u/Pam_Carson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/when-lightbox-enabled-all-image-urls-ending-with-jpg-etc-open-in-lightbox/2534 "2023-10-03T20:50:46Z")
Hello, I’m working on an art history textbook that has a lot of image URLs. When I embed the image that I want to show on the page (i.e., in a tag) I want the link to open the image in the lightbox (this image is always… --- ## [Use of LaTex in Pressbooks image captions](https://pressbooks.community/t/use-of-latex-in-pressbooks-image-captions/2014)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Rose](https://pressbooks.community/u/Rob_Rose)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/use-of-latex-in-pressbooks-image-captions/2014 "2022-07-01T23:42:30Z")
This question relates to the use of captioning on images. I know that Pressbooks supports the use of LaTex language in image captions. The problem, however, is that when you go to actually view the book, the formatting … [Next page](https://pressbooks.community/c/using-pressbooks/adding-math-or-interactive-content/36.md?page=1)