a simple question

prateek · Post by **prateek** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 6:24 pm

I have to do a math project (math? project? who would've ever thought this would happen?)

anyway, I did not anticipate this problem: How the hell do you type something to the something powered, such as x squared (or to the second power) ?

I've tried various key combinations........any help would be appreciated.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 7:02 pm

Hmm on most fonts on the American keyboard typing x then holding the alt key while typing 178 will give you x squared
alt + 179 is cubed..I didn't see any others..you can also go into accessories and look at the character viewer to get different key combos.

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 7:34 pm

If you can't get that happenning it is perfectly exceptable to write x*x, or x*x*x, although this makes writing 6.62 x 10(to the power of -27) problematic. - Curdis !

Morlock · Post by **Morlock** » Sun Mar 03, 2002 12:10 am

If you have word, you can use the cllifnotes as the power.