chemical formulas in word, how to?

Wilbert Kessels

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Apr 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/10/00

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how to make a chemical formula in word (2000) like H2O?
Must be simple, but i can't figure out how......

WIlbert

Terry Farrell

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Apr 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/10/00

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Wilbert,

you need to subscript the 2 in H2O. One way is to enter H2O, select just the
2 and use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+= (that is hold down the Control Key
whilst pressing the equals button). If you are going to use chemical
formulae more than just a couple of times, make them into AutoText
characters or possibly use AutoCorrect to change them automatically when you
enter them,

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Wilbert Kessels

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Apr 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/10/00

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Thanks a lot!
One more question..., how to superscribe(put the smaller digits higher than
the normal text)?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Apr 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/10/00

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Ctrl+plus sign (i.e., Ctrl+Shift+=).

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Thomas Ferguson

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Apr 11, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/11/00

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Equation editor is worth checking for this purpose. If you don't have it
installed, run Office/Word setup. Also, The subscripted and superscripted
characters are decreased in point size by the standard super/subscript
formatting. If this is not wanted, check out the Lowered, Raised, Normal
commands that adjust the baseline {place highlighted characters lower,
higher, or at normal baseline position}. These commands do not change the
point size.
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Bob Mathews

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Apr 14, 2000, 3:00:00 AM4/14/00

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Regarding the Subject, "Thomas Ferguson" <to...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Equation editor is worth checking for this purpose. If you don't have
> it installed, run Office/Word setup. Also, The subscripted and
> superscripted characters are decreased in point size by the standard
> super/subscript formatting.

Good points, and 100% true. I might add that if one needs to write
chemical *reactions*, and not just chemical formulas, MathType deserves
serious consideration. Equation Editor has 6 arrows to denote chemical
reactions, but MathType 4 for Windows has 27, including these that are
noticably missing from Equation Editor: bi-directional double-arrows,
arrows for equilibrium reactions, and arrows with comment templates
(for catalysts, conditions, etc) both above and below the arrow(s).

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