Re: Superscript in text
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96482] Re: Superscript in text
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:12:01 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gn3c3a$q8f$1@smc.vnet.net>
caw wrote: > 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! You can disable the auto-italics. Option Inspector -> Global Preferences -> Cell Options -> New Cell Defaults Then set the DefaultInlineFormatType to "DefaultInputInlineFormatType". -- Helen Read University of Vermont