From: Thomas Dowling on
Hello,

I think the command you may want is:

Subsuperscript[a,b,c]

There is also a palette entry.

Good luck,

Tom Dowling

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi <nma(a)12000.org> wrote:

>
> >
> > I am actually trying to use Mathematica more to type set some math inside
> > a Text cell, and the above is one problem I find. I actually use the
> > keyboard and type Ctrl9 to open a math cell inside the text cell and type
> >
> > x Ctrl ^2 spacebar Ctrl _1
> >
> > and I get
> >
> > 2
> > (x )
> > 1
> >
> > when I want
> >
> >
> > 2
> > x
> > 1
> >
>
> I found a way, but an awkward way to do the above. Here are the steps
>
> Ctrl-9 to open math cell (I am inside a text cell) then typed
>
> x Ctrl[6] 2 (this is the same as Ctrl^2 for superscript
>
> now I selected x again (did this to prevent the parenthesis from being
> created) and typed Ctrl[-] 1 for subscript
>
> But now the "2" and "1" are not on the same level, so now I selected the
> "2"
> and typed Alt[Left] few times until it is aligned over the "1". Alt[left]
> is Nudge Left (use the arrow key)
>
> Ok, the output is ok, but too many steps to do, and I think Latex looks
> little better? Here is screen shot for Mathematica and for latex to
> compare
>
> http://12000.org/tmp/formating_oct_22_2009/Mathematica.PNG
> http://12000.org/tmp/formating_oct_22_2009/latex.PNG
>
> I hope there still a way to do this easier in Mathematica.
>
> --Nasser
>
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