Questions tagged [formatting]
Questions on typesetting and making your expressions, matrices, operators, equations or formulae look how you want them to.
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Programmatically get InputText of box structure without spaces
I am looking for a way to get something similar to the "Input Text" form of an arbitrary box structure, but without the extra whitespaces.
Before I explain the requirements in a bit more detail, let'...
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Typesetting a double Over Dot on top of a symbol
I wanted to make a notation with a double dot over a symbol in Mathematica. Searching online or in the documentation did not yield any results. However, just randomly attempting to give a second ...
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Custom PopupMenu displays menu items as values instead of labels
I'm trying to create custom appearance for PopupMenu with the below code. The problem I have is with the menu items which are displayed as values instead of labels. ...
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Cell formatting and hiding code
I've written some code that's been getting longer and longer, Is there a way to "hide" the section of the code that does not require input so that i can just give it my two inputs and jump straight to ...
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DisplayForm problem with $\pi$ in FractionBox
The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol (greek letter) $\pi$.
Code line:
FractionBox[π,2] // DisplayForm
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All the group formatting available in Mathematica
I was wondering how many pre-defined group formatting style there is in Mathematica. From Format -> Style, one see that we can go from ...
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Typing Control-6 makes text cell disappear
This morning, I opened a document I worked on last week, and all the lines of text that had Control-9 functions in them where the function involved a power written by typing Control-6 were completely ...
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Exporting Summary Boxes
I would like to Export a Summary Box in its expanded Form. How do i do this?
I can Export a collapsed Summary Box by doing:
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Modify the `Head`of a function [closed]
I created a function HIntthat gives me a traditional output for integrates.
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How do I tell Mathematica to write numbers on a file without using scientific notation?
I need to write numbers out to a file without using the scientific notation. How do I tell Mathematica to do that?
This is the code I am using:
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What is a satisfactory way to typeset ℕ in the Mathematica notebook?
I am familiar with typing:
escintsesc
escrealsesc
to produce:
(when typing inside a DisplayFormula cell).
How would one typeset a similar looking ℕ ?
I have tried ...
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Construct a function with subindices
I'm constructing a function that gives me subindices in output.
The function is HAt.
For example:
HAt[u == u0, t -> 0]
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How can consistent scaling of ∧, ∨, etc., be accomplished?
I've added two examples of what the expressions I wish to reproduce look like:
Here ∧ serves both as a binary operator and as the universal quantifier. I know ...
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How do you change from Traditional form to Input form?
I have something like this:
Hold[TraditionalForm[1/2 + x^2]]
And wish to change it to Input form with the use of code (that is, without clicking Cell > Convert ...
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Typography of Mixed Tensor Index Notation
How can one properly and quickly write a mixed "tensor" such as $\Gamma{}_{1}{}^{2}{}_{3}$?
Shortcuts such as esc Gamma esc, Ctrl+^, Ctrl+_ are prefered. I intendd to use this in an inline equation ...
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Enter formula in matrix forms
Hello I am a new Mathematica user and I have to finish a school project using it. I have the following Matrix Form, I need to calculate the growth rate of the following data by year. The growth rate ...
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How to use InputForm for printed and output expressions in console mode
When I run Mathematica in console mode (math.exe/wolfram.exe) without a GUI frontend, then printed and output expressions are (...
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How to reduce margins of text in GraphicsRow?
I used the code GraphicsRow[{Text["1"], Graphics[Disk[]], Graphics[Disk[]]}] to generate a row of graphics, but one of them is actually some text. I found that <...
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How to do long space in Mathematica 11.3
In some previous versions of Mathematica under Windows 10 you could type \:2003 and a long space (Unicode em space character) appeared, e.g. inside a text cell.
This does not seem to work in version ...
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plot legend appearing in iteratively produced plot, missing colors
I'm trying to have the color of each line show up in the plot legend for the following block of code below, except the corresponding colors for each line of the plot do not show up in the legend. I ...
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Using Overdot in function Module?
Fundamental problem is: Is there any way I can use OverDot[var] as symbol in a function? I have tried to use Symbolize[OverDot[x,1]] for example, to no avail.
If I ...
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Mixed fraction input
How do I make mathematica treat $5\frac{1}{2}$ as a mixed fraction rather than 5 times one-half?
I'm using typesetting keyboard shortcuts (if that's important)
Currently I'm using $(5 + \frac{1}{2})$...
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Entering negative fractions in formula mode
I find it awkward to enter negative fractions in Mathematica when using formula mode.
For example I need to enter $ -\frac{1}{12}$ in a text cell.
I would press ⌘7 ...
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Create a cross-section, time series data set using Matrix operations
I have developed the following code, which produces what I aim to obtain.
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Replacements within a mathematica expression?
Say I have many expressions of the form $$\text{expr} = \frac{1}{AB(C+D)^n E^m}$$ where $A,B,C,D$ and $E$ are symbols and $n,m$ arbitrary powers. In order to convert between the mathematica output and ...
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Slide Show Presentation: Huge Margins [closed]
When I create a standard presentation and enter presentation mode, left margins are huge, like 25% of the screen. Is there a way to reduce it?
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Formatting an input cell
I want to create an input cell with two lines, like the following:
a="aaaaaaa";
b="bbbbbb"; c="ccccc";
That is as I want to have it. Now insert in the first ...
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Joining strings in FrameLabel [duplicate]
I want the $ x $-axis of this plot to be $ \tau/\alpha_e $ without the "+", but I'm unable to do this without Mathematica putting the $ \alpha_e $ to the front of the string.
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Unitalicizing a label with a sub/superscript
I need to use a sub/superscript to label the x-axis variable on the horizontal axis of my plot.
Mathematica returns the variable as italicized, but only the $x^2$ needs to be italicized, but not the ...
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How to draw lines touching x and y axes
I have a simple code to generate a plot
ListPlot[Table[4.5 (x - 5) + RandomReal[{-20, 20}], {x, 5, 100, 10}]]
I would like each point to have two red lines ...
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Replacement rule to display negative exponents as denominators
Suppose I have an expression of the form:
expr=f[t]^b + f[t]^a g[t]^-a + g[t]^-c
And I want to create a rule to convert negative exponents to denominators. In ...
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How to customize traditional form for inactive functions?
Let's say I define
Lg[n_]:=Log[2,n].
How do I make
Inactive[Lg][x]//TraditionalForm
output
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Is there a way to produce an “evaluate at” vertical bar that resizes properly in display formulae?
There are two examples of what I am talking about in this equation:
$$\displaystyle \left.\mathrm{d}\Phi\left(v\right)\right|_{p}\equiv\left.v^{\mu}\frac{\partial\Phi^{\lambda}}{\partial x^{\mu}}\frac{...
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.:Duplicated:..formatting - text cells and math cells [duplicate]
I'm writing a formulary in Mathematica and I'm experiencing issues while formatting the text. I create a new notebook and a text cell (Alt+9) with text style. Let's ...
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`PlotLegends` formatting mixing italics and upright letters
If I do:
ListPlot[Range[10]
,PlotLegends->Placed[LineLegend[{"Subscript[N, σ] f(m; μ, p)"},LabelStyle->{FontFamily->"Times"}],{0.8,0.35}]
]
where ...
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How to programatically generate a textual cell displaying the matrix with decorated raised and lowered indices?
This is a basic example of what I want to generate.
Cell[BoxData[
FormBox[
RowBox[{"[", GridBox[{
{
RowBox[{
SuperscriptBox["e",
OverscriptBox["1", "_"]],
...
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can square brackets be set to 'SpanMaxSize -> Infinity', so they act like parantheses globally?
From an answer to Keyboard entry of square bracketed matrices in text cells, How to? ,
I cribbed this code:
CurrentValue[EvaluationNotebook[], InputAliases] =
DeleteDuplicates@
Append[...
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Formulas in text cells in Mathematica Online
Is there a way to typeset mathematical equations in text cells in Mathematica Online?
Even if there is no direct support, is there a way to parse LaTeX snippets entered between ...
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What is better coding for turning list into sequence without curly brackets?
There are less satisfying Q/A for what I am asking but none that actually answer the question. Suppose one has
a=1; b={2,3};
And one wants to print a sequence ...
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How to convert entity to string?
I have an entity city. For example, I run {city} = GeoNearest["City", GeoPosition[{41.8, -87.7}]] and then I got The entity "...
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Why Text Cells converted with Alt-7 have different fonts
So I am writing a report in Mathematica and experiencing a problem.
First I create an input cell. Then write some text into it. Afterwards convert it to text cell with Alt-7. As a result some cells ...
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How to properly, with the most possible freedom, add a formula into a plot?
I would like to know the best way(s) to add a formula into a plot, with the most possible freedom ever. And I mean: possibility of writing the formula the dimension of which can be modified, put into ...
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How to remove “⍰” from parent cells with collapsed child cells in MMA 11.3?
I like to work with notebooks and collapse cells containing computations. This gives me a manuscript-like feel for the notebook, and I like the aesthetics of it. MMA 11.3 introduced a new "feature" ...
