Re: How to format Superscript and Subscript for a symbol to the same
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- Subject: [mg104301] Re: How to format Superscript and Subscript for a symbol to the same
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:57:02 -0500 (EST)
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On Oct 24, 1:43 am, "Nasser M. Abbasi" <n... at 12000.org> wrote: > Version 7 > > I wanted to write something like Superscript[Subscript[x, 1], 2] but have > the "2" and the "1" appear on the symbol x without one being pushed forward > more than the other. > > This is trivial to do in latex, but gave up trying to do it in Mathematica. > > I am actually trying to use Mathematica more to type set some math inside a > Text cell, and the above is one problem I find. I actually use the key board > and type Ctrl9 to open a math cell inside the text cell and type > > x Ctrl ^2 spacebar Ctrl _1 > > and I get > > 2 > (x ) > 1 > > when I want > > 2 > x > 1 > > I looked the all the Palettes also that come with Mathematica 7, but do not > see such a pattern to use? > > thanks, > --Nasser In addition to the comments in other posts you can also Insert>Typesetting and nudge things around in order to achieve perfection. Mike