Re: Suggestions
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg111690] Re: Suggestions
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:56:54 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
On 8/9/2010 5:12 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Yes, that works. But it seems unnecessarily indirect. When I'm typing a > text cell, I hate to interrupt the flow of thought by going to a > different cell to create the fraction, then put it into the text cell. > > What might be better is a Format menu entry for changing the fraction > size change. > > Actually, the problem is even worse than fractions: integral signs, > summation signs, etc., whose height one should be able to change easily > (without the kludge of selecting the characters and specifying a > different point size -- which then gets messed-up when you print or > change to a different screen environment, such as Presentation). I habitually select the fraction or integral or whatever (Ctl-. is helpful for selecting), then Alt-+ once or twice to enlarge it. I do this so often I don't even think about it. It's all keyboard shortcuts, and does not interrupt the flow of typing in a text cell. -- Helen Read University of Vermont