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Is there a keyboard shortcut for Centered Math Cell?
I've been typesetting in mathematica and would like to know if it is possible to use a keyboard shortcut to place a centered math cell or equation symbol aligned math cell in my document without ...
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On Reverting Code that Mma Switches to Raw Input Form Back to Standard Form
I experienced a similar issue to what is described in this post while editing formatted usage messages (that contained italics) in the declaration section of a package that I'm developing in the ...
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Can one optimize AutomaticNumbering feature?
If one wants to use the automatic numbering feature of Mathematica, he has to make tags for cells of the type he wants to be referenced to. Then, as soon as he needs to make a reference to the tagged ...
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How to make “Text” Cell which does not auto-format in TraditionalForm in-line math expressions?
This is a continuation of the previous post: How to enter textual subscripts and superscripts?.
When dealing with complex in-line math expressions inside a "Text" ...
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How to enter textual subscripts and superscripts?
When I add a sub- or superscript to a letter in a "Text" cell using the "Writing Assistant" palette this letter becomes Italic:
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Highlighting bracketing in Mathematica [duplicate]
I'm working with lists of lists of lists. Each box with information has a specific format like
information = {{a},{{b}},{{{c},{d}},{e,{f}}},{g}}
and so ...
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Quick way to invert a fraction
Over the years of using Mathematica, I find myself doing something along the lines of rewriting this:
$\frac{[A^-_F]}{[A^-_U] + \frac{[H^+][A^-_U]}{\kappa_1}}$
as this:
$\frac{[A^-_U] + ...
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Embed a Microsoft RichEdit 8 control in a Mathematica notebook using .NETLink?
Does anyone know whether or not it's possible to embed a RichEdit 8 control within a Mathematica Notebook using .NETLink?
The goal here would be able to both view and edit mathematical text typeset ...
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How can I create some shorthand notation for a custom control?
Per this question, I have created a custom graphical control object which evaluates to a list of values. I would like to be able to create such an object quickly, rather than typing some command, ...
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Prevent front-end from reformatting long fractions while editing
I am editing an expression containing wide fractions (typeset with fraction boxes):
But if, while editing the equation, the fraction exceeds some threshold (seems to be approximately the window ...
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Typeset unbalanced brackets
In LaTeX, you can typeset expressions containing unbalanced brackets, by balancing them with an invisible delimiter \left. or ...
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Difference in integral character heights
Above is an example of what happens. It seems that the first integral is longer than the second because the y-character is longer than the x-character as this doesn't happen with other ...
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How to suppress undesirable kerning rules in math inline cells?
Update: (11/29/2012) Looks like Mathematica 9 has the same behavior.
The following graphic shows how Mathematica kerns italic characters in an inline math formula cell (first row) where an ...
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Is it possible to typeset left and right angle brackets?
I would like to typeset the following in a Mathematica notebook:
$$\langle P \rangle$$
Is it possible to typeset left and right angle brackets? In $\LaTeX$, they are given by ...
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How to replace the style of the inline cell in a StyleSheet
I would like to change a StyleSheet in such a way that any text that is typed into the inline cell (the one created by Ctrl+9) is shown in a different font (e.g. the font of my choice). At present I ...
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Is there a convenient way to copy/paste text-interspersed SE code snippets into Mathematica?
Is there a way to copy and paste code snippets from SE to Mathematica if these snippets are interspersed with text?
Like e.g. in Morphing Graphics, color and location in both the question and answer, ...
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Copy TraditionalForm output to TraditionalForm input while keeping formatting
When I want to copy a scientific notated number from a TraditionalForm output to an input it formats it in a weird way:
Another thing I want to do is only copy a few number of decimals, and remove ...
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How does AutoStyleWords work?
The title says it all. I assume it provides some way of automatically applying a certain style, or a list of options, to certain words written, just like other options of the sort like ...
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Text in columns
So far I've only seen the front end work in a one-cell-below-the-other manner, so I am probably not expecting much of this question, but here it goes.
Is there any way to create a document with text ...
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WYSIWYG table creating and editing
In Microsoft Office OneNote 2010, creating and editing tables is easy. There are simple toolbar controls for creating tables:
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and editing them once they exist:
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My question is, what's an easy ...
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How to improve the typesetting of mathematical contents
Until I started diving into Mathematica, I was not using much computer software for symbolic computation. I did my analysis by hand on blank sheets, the calculations using Python or MATLAB, and the ...
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How to work around Column cutting off a pixel row from images?
I have a problem where Column will occasionally cut off a single pixel from the top of images.
To reproduce the problem, evaluate this:
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How to force neat linewrapping in Print?
I am regularly annoyed by the fact, that a neatly arranged Print statement gets ruined by a large piece of data, which - instead of linewrapping "in place" - is ...
