On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 13:25 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Sunday 18 September 2005 12:37 pm, Dale Erwin wrote: > > Ross Hammond wrote: > > > Hi > > > I just downloaded Ubuntu 5.10 which comes with Open Office 2. It > > > has no help files though. I just want to know how to make a root > > > sign such as 2(squared)=4 3(cubed)=27. > > > > > > Trivial, I know. I was just wondering. > > > > If these superscripted characters are available in the font > > you are using, go to the menu bar and click on Insert > > > Special Character, then pick the character you want out of > > the list of available characters. Even if they are present, > > most fonts only have 2 and 3. Any other powers would > > have to be expressed some other way. > > Of you could type it in the following way: 2 then Control+Shirt +P > then 2 then = then 4. (3 then Control+Shift+P then 3 then = then 27.) > > Dan
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