Superscript in text
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96445] Superscript in text
- From: caw <cawright.99 at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:47:59 -0500 (EST)
Hi... I am writing a short piece for students on acid-base balance and want to have H+ and OH- (and other ions) with the superscript appearing in the correct position. I start typing in a Text Cell... H --- press C-^ <italic H> ... but I don't want the H to be italic... OH --- press C-^ <not italic OH> and all is well... it seems that one char + superscript -> italicize the char > one char + superscript -> keep the char roman I can see that superscript would often / usually be used in Mathematica to express "exponent", but I am puzzled by the effect that the number of characters (H vs OH) has when C-^ is pressed So: 1. Is this the behaviour that mathematica experts expect? 2. Is there a better way to do this do I get a roman H with a superscript + in text mode. It may involve setting the style of the lone H to non-italic, I guess, but that would be really boring! cheers and thansk Chris