Re: convert text to math equation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Paul Johnson schrieb:

I was lazy and typed several pages with ordinary text for variables x, 
y, and z.  Later, I wanted to convert those to math, and I try to 
highlight the things and hit C-m.  That does create the math box, but it 
does not convert the existing character to the math font.  The only fix 
I could find was to manually retype all the letters I wanted converted.

Why do you want to use formulas for variables? I assume that you only 
want them to be italic, right? Then simply highlight them and use the 
button with the exclamation mark.

regards Uwe