Topic: stacked fractions

[ELOQUINTET]

i am looking for a way to unstack fractions in my leaders because it causes me problems when using the find command. the catch is i would like my fractions to be stacked in my dimensions (horizontally). how could i acheive this globally? thanks

[Kate M]

If you select a piece of stacked text (within the editor) and right-click, you can select "Stack Properties" from the menu -- this will let you turn off auto-stacking in mtext, but won't affect your dimensions. As far as changing existing fractions...I don't know of an easy way, but maybe somebody else here does.

[ELOQUINTET]

yeah i know how to unstack them manually after the fact but am looking for a global solution. is there a command variable for autostack that would change the format of all mtext fractions?

[daron]

Dan, the find command is truly an amazing tool if you know how to use it. In Mtext, stacked and diagonal fractions are created by using x#y for horizontal and x^y for diagonal fractions. Therefore, all you have to do is find all mtext items with # and replace them with ^. You can filter what find looks for by selecting the options button and deselecting everything except mtext. Also, if you select the button next to the Search in: pulldown, you can select which items this would apply to.

[ELOQUINTET]

daron i tried to do that several times but no matter what i do it says no occurances. what am i doing wrong you think. i've input 3#4 to 3^4. i've done just # to ^. i've gone into options and checked and unchecked things. don't know why it doesn't work, any clue?

[daron]

It should work. My only guess is it could be something between versions. Sometimes, the littlest change can make a world of difference.


Stupid ring finger.

[Dent Cermak]

verions ? Do I have verions in R14??? Which variable controls them ?? Can I get a lisp routine to set them ?

[ELOQUINTET]

i think dents nipples are getting hard

[Dent Cermak]

OOOOOOOHHHHH!! They are perky!!!!!