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Equation symbols in Word

Anonymous
2015-01-20T20:27:46+00:00

Hello. I've got a question about some symbols.

I want to put the "normal subgroup" Symbol, I mean, this symbol.

but I don't wanna open that menu and search for the symbol.

For example, many symbols can be written with a command, for example "less or equal than" may be inserted writting "\leq" in the equation. Or the ones at the left side of the "normal subgroup symbol", for "is subset or has this as a subset", can be inserted writting "\subseteq" or "\superseteq", "\cdot" can be used for "dot product"

This works a lot similar to LaTeX. the command for "less or equal than", and of "is subset of" is the same, the one for "has this as a subset" is "\supseteq", "\cdot" also works.

And I can write the normal subgroup symbol with the "\triangleleft" command in LaTeX. So... is there any way I can personalize this to have some command, or some quick way to write this symbol? The command \triangleleft doesn't work in word (Even when a lot of LaTeX commands work in word)...

It would be very good if I could assign it a command like the ones in LaTeX.

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  1. Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-01-20T21:06:12+00:00

    Yes, you can assign a command (actually, a Math AutoCorrect entry) to any symbol. Here are the steps:

    • Insert the symbol in an equation using the menu as you showed.
    • Select the symbol (or even a group of symbols, or a whole equation).
    • Click File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect dialog, and click the Math AutoCorrect tab of the dialog.
    • The selected symbol or symbols will be in the "With" box. Type the command you want to assign to it into the "Replace" box.
    • Click the Add button, and then OK the dialogs.

    You can now use the assigned command like any other.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-21T14:22:37+00:00

    Thanks.

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