reversible arrows in chemical equations?

[Roger Frost]

How do I insert a reversible arrow in chemical equations in a Word document?

 

[Jay Freedman]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:06:02 -0700, Roger Frost <Roger

How do I insert a reversible arrow in chemical equations in a Word document?

This character is in several fonts, including Arial Unicode MS, MS Mincho, and
Lucida Sans Unicode. The right-over-left character is Unicode character 21c4,
and the left-over-right one is 21c6. Type the number and press Alt+X.

For other ways of inserting these characters, see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm.

 

[Bob Mathews]

The Equation Editor in Word also has arrows for chemical reactions. It
has 6 of them, and if the arrows you need aren't there, try MathType
-- it has 27 different arrows. Some of the ones missing from Equation
Editor that are in MathType are equilibrium, and arrows for unbalanced
reactions. (I'm not a chemist, so I don't know if that's the right
term, but it's one arrow on top of another one, and one of the arrows
is longer than the other.)

--
Bob Mathews
Director of Training
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[grammatim]

How do I insert a reversible arrow in chemical equations in a Word document?

No fewer than 96 different arrows are included in Unicode, so if
you're typing straignt text, you can use Insert Symbol to find the
right one. (Go to the subset called "Arrows.")