Superscript AND Subscript

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Zachary Kestenbaum

Hi everyone. I'm trying to do some math work in Word, and I want to
know if there's any way to have a superscript right on top of a
subscript. For example, can I write 'x' and then have '1' as a
superscript, and '2' as a subscript, and have the '1' and '2' be
aligned with each other vertically? I'm trying to stay away from the
equation editor because I've had problems with it.

Thanks.
 
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Elliott Roper

Zachary said:
Hi everyone. I'm trying to do some math work in Word, and I want to
know if there's any way to have a superscript right on top of a
subscript. For example, can I write 'x' and then have '1' as a
superscript, and '2' as a subscript, and have the '1' and '2' be
aligned with each other vertically? I'm trying to stay away from the
equation editor because I've had problems with it.

I know what you mean. It is bobbins innit?

For suitably sized characters and super-subscripts, you can do it with
the EQ fields palaver
x{EQ \s\up(1)}{EQ \d\ba12() }{EQ \s\do(2) }

Ok OK It is uuu....gly, but it works.

If somebody knows a better way, I'd like to know too.

psst... You could give up on Word and use LaTeX. It is the right way to
set maths if you have to do more than one equation per chapter.
 
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John McGhie

Check out " Field codes: Advance field" in the Help.

ADVANCE is a very old field that has been with us since Word began. It was
originally provided to enable the creation of composite characters, which
were needed to support WordPerfect.

It still works, and with sufficient fiddling around, you can create anything
you like: fraction characters a speciality. Having got one to work, you
then store it as an AutoText.

But as John says, I wouldn't give up on Equation Editor. It's a good solid
product for simple stuff, and their support is good (EE is a buy-in from
Design Science).

Cheers


Hi everyone. I'm trying to do some math work in Word, and I want to
know if there's any way to have a superscript right on top of a
subscript. For example, can I write 'x' and then have '1' as a
superscript, and '2' as a subscript, and have the '1' and '2' be
aligned with each other vertically? I'm trying to stay away from the
equation editor because I've had problems with it.

Thanks.

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