Math Symbol Keyboard Shortcuts
E subscript ctrl l superscript and subscript ctrl j superscript to left of character subscript to left of character subscript and superscript to left of character over script ctrl t shift l under script limit ctrl t alt.
Math symbol keyboard shortcuts. Numeric keyboard to enter and numeric keyboard to enter minus sign hyphen numeric keyboard to enter multiplication dot asterisk numeric keyboard to enter square root sqrt. For example option 2a76 will produce the three equal symbols like. Letters keyboard to enter vec. Go to insert equation option under symbols group.
Hit the spacebar and voila. The symbols keyboard shortcuts generally the shortcuts are very simple. To assign a symbol to a shortcut key follow these steps. For example sqrt will change to and cbrt will change to.
On mac you can use the hexadecimal code values with alt or option keys to type mathematical symbols. As mentioned you can use math replacements in equation editor by enabling the option replace text as you type. You can select text and press ctrl c to copy it to your docu ment. Alt codes for mathematical symbols alt code symbol description alt 48 57 0 9 zero to nine alt codes for basic operators.
On the insert tab in the symbols group click in the symbol listbox and then select more symbols. You type the backslash and then the word of the symbol you want. Subscript and superscript templates superscript ctrl h. Stop the mouse over each button to learn its keyboard shortcut.
Alt click a button to copy a single character to the clipboard. Shift click a button to insert its upper case form. Letters keyboard to enter sqrt nth root nrt. Inside the equation editor you can use the shortcuts and press space to convert it into a symbol.
Typing math symbols in mac.