how to type exponents?

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how to type exponents?

i wanna take notes in chemistry class in the "notes" in the mail application, but alot of what he is doing demands exponents and subscripts....how do i make exponents with out constantly going to Character Palette and selecting them. is there a quick shortcut such as holding down, for example shift+fn or something. i dont know. any suggestions would REALLY help.

thanks

dotcomname

MacBook Pro!!, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Oct 31, 2007 11:50 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 31, 2007 12:51 PM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

how do i make exponents with out constantly going to Character Palette and selecting them

One way to do this would be to make a custom keyboard layout where your special characters replace keys you don't normally need. There is a drag/drop tool for this here:

http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?siteid=nrsi&itemid=ukelele

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DoTcOmNaMe Author

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Oct 31, 2007 1:03 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

that looks like it would work, but i dont like third party applications, if its not built into mac os x, then i guess i'll have to live with using the annoying character palette. anyone else know how to type exponents using a combination of control keys + the # or something...

thanks in advance for all of your help!

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 31, 2007 1:52 PM in response to DoTcOmNaMe

i dont like third party applications

You could delete the Ukelele tool after you use it, if that makes you feel better.

The keyboard itself is not an app, just a text file. Having it on your machine is no different than having a note that you wrote with Mail. You could even write the keyboard with TextEdit if you want, but it is more tedious.

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DoTcOmNaMe Author

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Oct 31, 2007 4:08 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

o. ok then. thanks for all your help. i just thought that apple would have created a shortcut like a shift+some other key and then the number....but o well. thanks anyway!

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