How do you type "x squared" as in mathematics using word?

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Surfer

Hello all. Pls help: is there anyone out there who can tell me how to type x
squared in the form of a mathematical equation, using MS Vista Word?
Thanks
 
G'Day Surfer,

You do not tell us what version of Word...

For now type (say) ax2+bx+c ...

Select the '2'.

Format>Font
__select 'Superscript' ... OK.

All done!

Be aware that Word has an excellent equation editor for more complex formulae.
 
Or, hold down the Alt key and type 0178 on the numeric keypad for ² or 0179
for ³. Type 0176 for °

To get a complete list of the symbols that can be created in this way, run a
macro containing the following code:

' Macro created 12-08-98 by Doug Robbins to list symbols that can be
inserted via Alt+keypad
'
ActiveDocument.Tables.Add Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=1,
NumColumns:=3
Selection.TypeText Text:="Alt + Numeric Keypad"
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Selection.TypeText Text:="Normal Font"
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Selection.TypeText Text:="Symbol Font"
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Symbol = 33
While Symbol < 256
Selection.TypeText Text:="0" & LTrim$(Str$(Symbol))
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
With Selection
.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=Symbol, Font:="Normal",
Unicode:=False
End With
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
With Selection
.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=Symbol, Font:="Symbol",
Unicode:=False
End With
Symbol = Symbol + 1
Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
Wend


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
 
As Doug suggests, there are font characters for superscript 2 and 3 (and
higher numbers in some fonts); for other numbers, select the number and
press Ctrl+Shift+= to apply the Superscript font property.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
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