Special characters for formatting 'tall' expressions?

[ALZ]

I've had a load of trouble trying to get square roots and fractions and such on what I like to call "square" math problems, the ones that are as tall as they are wide. It would be nice if there were buttons that put in special characters and such.

 

[jwpaine]

Re: Special characters?

I've had a load of trouble trying to get square roots and fractions and such on what I like to call "square" math problems, the ones that are as tall as they are wide. It would be nice if there were buttons that put in special characters and such.

Look at the Forum help tap on how to do TeX.

Example: \(\displaystyle \L \sqrt{x}\,\,\,x^2^3^4\)

 

[ALZ]

How do you get to the page that explains all that? I spent a lot of time looking for it.

I just thought that an actual button might be easier...

 

[stapel]

How do you get to the page that explains all that?

Just as the tutor suggested: Look at the top of any forum page, put your mouse on the "Forum Help" menu, and click on any of the LaTeX links.

Eliz.

 

[pka]

At http://www.dessci.com/en/products/TeXaide/ if you use ‘Windows’ then there is a free program that produces LaTeX code.
With it you can produce good LaTex.
You only have to change \[ to \(\displaystyle and \] to \)