Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. “Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. You can find it all in the Formula Reference Tables of the OOMath help.

` (backtick) is a 'small gap' - I used it with the charges because + and - must be followed by a symbol (thus, here, a blank) Nitalic disables italics (which are on by default) long ago), since you can actually type your equation (not quite LaTeX though).ĭo Insert/Object/Formula (ALT I O F). Thankfully, OpenOffice equations are easier to enter than with the MS equation writer (unless they've changed it since I last used it. To do that you must, to the best of my knowledge, insert an actual equation object. In the dialog that appears you should select American Sociological Association (custom) and click Use this Style and then click Done. Open a new Word or OpenOffice document and select More Styles from the citation style drop-down box. However, since it's for chemistry, you probably want your subscript and superscripts to be cleanly one above the other (which 'normal' sub and superscripts won't provide). Step 3: Use the new style in Mendeley Restart Mendeley Desktop.

You can also right click your button bar, choose customize and add the appropriate buttons. How would you do a formatted heading where you legitimately needed one character as subscript, superscript, or some other formatting difference.

Subscript and superscript are available in the character formatting options, under the 'position' tab. Agreed, it still however is illogical and difficult when you cant highlight and change the formatting for part of line, a word or even a single character.

How to get superscript in openoffice