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Chemical formulae in word
I think word should be able to detect chemical formulae - firstly to have a
go at getting the superscripting and subscripting automatic, because it's very fidlly to do manually, and secondly so that it knows not to bring them up as spelling and grammar errors. Also, is there some way I can tell it when a document is notes, so I don't get continual grammar errors. |
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G'Day Owl,
Create a Word Document in which there is a Table of Chemical Formulae: Column 1 Column 2 Plain Text Formatted Text (ie with subscripts and superscripts) Use a Macro to traverse the table to create AutoCorrect entries for your chemical formulae. -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "Owl" wrote in message ... I think word should be able to detect chemical formulae - firstly to have a go at getting the superscripting and subscripting automatic, because it's very fidlly to do manually, and secondly so that it knows not to bring them up as spelling and grammar errors. Also, is there some way I can tell it when a document is notes, so I don't get continual grammar errors. |
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Thanks Pat
I have considered putting formulae into autocorrect, but the nature of the notes I'm making means that I'm rarely repeating the same formulae, so I would have to enter each new formula separately, as far as I know. I was envisaging something more general, that could recognise a chemical formula in the same way as it recognises names, addresses and dates. Rather a tall order, I know, but I thought I'd suggest it. |
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If you tell Word to ignore Words containing numbers when it spell checks
that will solve one of your problems. And if you use the keyboard shortcuts for sub- and superscript (Ctrl+= and Ctrl+Shift+=), they will quickly become automatic. You could also, if you prefer, add toolbar buttons for these properties. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Owl" wrote in message ... Thanks Pat I have considered putting formulae into autocorrect, but the nature of the notes I'm making means that I'm rarely repeating the same formulae, so I would have to enter each new formula separately, as far as I know. I was envisaging something more general, that could recognise a chemical formula in the same way as it recognises names, addresses and dates. Rather a tall order, I know, but I thought I'd suggest it. |
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I doubt that Microsoft is interested enough in the modest number of
chemists, who often get academic versions cheaply anyway. They have enough trouble providing for the hordes of lawyers, who at least supposedly pay full price. They might also have trouble knowing exactly what you want a chemical formula to end up looking like. If I had to do this, I would consider a macro. If all numbers are subscripts it should be reasonably simple. If the only superscripts are immediately after plus sign or minus sign it is still simple. If you are using superscripted atomic weights it is a little dicier. Type in the formula straight, double-click it to select it, and push the button for the macro. The macro would do something like the following (you need to be able to specify exactly what it is you want to happen of course): Shorten the range to exclude the trailing space. Apply the ChemForm character style. If it wasn't present, create it, with attributes no spelling plus any font etc that you want Superscript a single digit after a plus or minus sign Subscript any other digits If you need positioning of numbers when there is both a subscript and a superscript present, it is a little trickier because it would require an EQ field, but it is probably still do-able. If you ask in microsoft.public.word.vba.general someone may write it for you. It could be an interesting challenge. If you got something working, maybe Microsoft would copy it. Bob S On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:11:08 -0700, Owl wrote: I think word should be able to detect chemical formulae - firstly to have a go at getting the superscripting and subscripting automatic, because it's very fidlly to do manually, and secondly so that it knows not to bring them up as spelling and grammar errors. Also, is there some way I can tell it when a document is notes, so I don't get continual grammar errors. |
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