Questions tagged [text-formatting]
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Making text in graphics behave like other graphics when resizing/redisplaying
I'm trying to create a lot of graphics that include boxes of (multi-sentence) text placed at particular coordinates, and I would really appreciate some help in wrestling control of the size of the ...
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Confused how ShrinkToFit works with text
In Mathematica 13, I would like to have text displayed in a rectangular area (that will later be included in graphics), where the size of the rectangle needs to be set in advance. If there's too much ...
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Properly Format Vertical Bar with Supersubscript
I'm having trouble emulating the following (extra long) vertical bar format in a text cell:
The closest I could get to in a text cell is:
which doesn't look great; it's underlying code is
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Enums in ONE text cell of a notebook?
Is it possible to have an enumeration as an integral part of a text cell, so that they all together form one cell?
Reason for this question: I would like to have a text cell (e.g. for a theorem) and ...
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Dynamically highlighting all substrings
I want to dynamically highlight all substrings that are equal to selected substring inside string str. Also I want the string str...
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create string for string seen in FullForm
Can we create a string for a string seen in FullForm ?
This question is hard to explain/understand with just words.
So explain with an example :
Can you create a function ...
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Stylesheet Directives for DisplayFormular overwritten?
I'm trying to change the font of DisplayFormula, DisplayFormulaNumbered and InlineFormula in my stylesheet. So in the options inspector of the stylesheet under ...
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Style changes to Text while I want to be Input
I do know what happened to my Mathematica. I frequently have to change the style from Text to Input to write codes. How I can re-change this unwanted issue?
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Buttons too small for content
When I try to display buttons with long content in a multicolumn the text sometimes gets cut off. Like this:
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Find the best place to overlay text on an image?
I need to put text over a background image to make a nice looking banner. In order to find the best place to put it, I'd like to know the "focus points" of the image (basically the centers ...
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Adapt size of brackets in text mode
In text mode, i.e. characters enclosed by " ", brackets do not adapt to the content. How can I achieve this? Actually I want to write a text that includes formulas. Without " " the ...
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How can I get matrices and text to show up in the same table with MatrixForm?
I'd like to be able to display matrices in the usual written MatrixForm in a table alongside text (or anything that isn't a matrix). Here is an example:
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How to Set Text Format by User-Defined Function with Input as String
I have simple but annoying problem here. I guess it occurs to many Mathematica users.
The thing is that I wish to define a function to format the text in Mathematica. Yet, I don't know whether it is ...
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Does "align on alignment marker" work in Mathematica 12.3
In Mathematica 12.1 (and previous versions), you can insert a cell of style DisplayFormula into a notebook, using ...
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Print[] text in the style of Message[]
I would like to imitate the aesthetic style of Message[] text, but using Print[], and customising the colour. The output I ...
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Line spacing when creating new line
I have a plot which has a legend where text occasionally needs two lines. While I'm able to adjust the space between labels using "Spacings" how can I change the line-spacing within a label ...
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How to Create a Shortcut to put a frame around an equation
I use mathematica for typing Physics and other notes. For important equations, I prefer to put a box around them. To do so I use either:
Insert-> Typesetting -> Add Frame from the menubar
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Inline TeX Input renders wrong characters / symbols
Bug introduced in 12.2, fixed in 13.0.
As you may know, you can write TeX within a cell with CTR+$ and press ...
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Grid or TextGrid constant width cells
I am having problems with white spaces in lists displayed in Grid. The problem is that white spaces have less height and width compared to cells that contain text. I also tried none, None, None[], ...
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Grid questions: text-wrapping / copying and pasting expressions
I want to make a list of functions like this:
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Vector arrow notation in Mathematica
I want a fast way to type vectors in Text boxes like this: $\vec a$
I can do this manually with ctrl+7+"-> "
which creates this
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Find best region to put text onto image
Given an image upon which you want to inset text, the question arises:
What is the best sub-region to place text?
For example, given a background image I want to find the rectangle in the image (...
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font family in text cells keeps reverting to unwanted default
I'm using Mma 10 under macOS Sierra to write exam questions for a calculus class. This involves writing a fair bit of text, with interspersed symbols and equations. The annoying problem is that even ...
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How to add a Checkbox into a text cell? [duplicate]
Before working in my code I wrote tests on a textcell . I want to add a checkbox at the end of each sentence to track my progress. So, I will checkbox if the program pass.
How to add a Checkbox into ...
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How to force a desired numeration of equations in Book/Monograph StyleSheet?
I am writing a text in the MMA > Format > StyleSheet > Book > Monograph StyleSheet. I have a problem with the automatic numeration of "EquationNumbered" cells.
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