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If I evaluate the following cell:

Quantity["PlanckConstant"]

I get as an output a very concise format of this quantity:

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Also, compare the legibility of these two cells:

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I want to find a way to create this:

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without first evaluating a cell.

I just assume that the notebook front-end allows the user to achieve such a thing: just as right clicking on Sqrt[2] and clicking on Convert To -> StandrdForm converts this expression to $\sqrt{2}$.

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  • $\begingroup$ Style["h", Italic] ? $\endgroup$
    – eldo
    Sep 21 at 7:44
  • $\begingroup$ Nope. Style["h", Italic] is not a Quantity. $\endgroup$
    – tush
    Sep 21 at 7:46
  • $\begingroup$ if you mean you want to type that slanted h and have evaluate to Quantity["PlanckConstant"] without doing anything, then I do not know how to do that. May be someone else will have an idea. This seems to be builtin the notebook interface itself. Will delete my answer in this case. $\endgroup$
    – Nasser
    Sep 21 at 8:13
  • $\begingroup$ If I understand correctly: Select your Quantity[...], then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter (or go to the menu Evaluation > Evaluate in place). This will evaluate just the selected expression and not the whole cell :) $\endgroup$
    – Domen
    Sep 21 at 8:47

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You can do evaluation in place, which can be achieved either by clicking Ctrl+Shift+Enter or in the menu Evaluation > Evaluate in Place.

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  • $\begingroup$ By the way, are you using any shortcut to delete the parentheses? I know the CTRL with ^ shortcut to create parentheses around the selection. But not a shortcut to delete them. $\endgroup$
    – tush
    Sep 21 at 8:59
  • $\begingroup$ Uhm, no, just the plain old Backspace and Delete :) $\endgroup$
    – Domen
    Sep 21 at 9:04

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