2 Microsoft Word Equation Editor
Tip B) If the keyword does not apply, add an extra space.
5. Superscripts, Subscripts, and Formatting.
The ^ and _ keys are used to insert superscripts and subscripts. Grouping is important because it distinguishes between
and
. Terms can be
grouped by enclosing them in parentheses, where the parentheses themselves do not print.
6. Brackets.
The brackets are grouped to easier work. Be sure to make space following each closed bracket. The \begin and \end brackets are used for "invisi-
ble" grouping, as in last parameter in the nary operators (sum, product, etc.). Sometimes you need unbalanced brackets, use \open and \close to
balance them. The last column vertical bars can be used as middle separators inside the brackets and balanced with them. Use /middle before
some symbol if you want to make it separator.
The equation editor causes brackets (such as [], {} and ( )) to grow to the size of the expression within them. However, parentheses are the group-
ing character and will not display when used as such. To force parentheses to display, you must double them. To prevent brack ets from being
reformatted, precede them by the “\” character. Bug: Never try to select with a mouse the
brackets.
Parentheses used for grouping do not display.
The parentheses are, again, used for grouping.
Backslashes prevent [ and ] from growing.
{x\in\doubleN\middle*x<100}
The * will be the separator.
"He said: "\zwnj\pprime "Hello"\zwnj\pprime.
The keywords phantom and smash can be used to force brackets or parentheses to have a specific size. The symbols below are invisible.
For example:
[\phantom (a\atop b)]<sp>
The \phantom command creates an object as large as the expression in parenthe-
ses, but does not print it, so you can create, for example, large empty brackets.
The \hphantom command creates an object with the width of the expression in
parentheses, but zero height.
The \vphantom command creates an object with the height of the expression in
parentheses, but zero width.
[\smash(\sum_(l=0)^5\of\begin l*2\end)\close
The \smash creates the object, but makes its size zero so that the enclosing
bracket does not grow. Bug: Looks different on printing.
Used and fixed in this paper: http://www.iun.edu/~mathiho/useful/Equation%20Editor%20Shortcut%20Commands.pdf.
Invisible box for formatting purposes.
Also possible \overline(a+b).
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