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Anonymous
May 27, 2009
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Using Superscript in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

  • May 27, 2009
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I would like to know how to enter scientific formulae in my Adobe documents. Is there a way to suberscript exponents? The Adobe online help and built-in help are NOT easy to use and, in my opinion, useless.

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    its_a_fujitsu
    Participant
    December 2, 2011

    How about going to tools, advanced editing then choosing “Touch-up text tool” then highlight the test you want to subscript/superscript then right click on it and choose properties then change the font size to 6 pt and set the baseline to X pt to get the desired effect??

      MichaelKazlow
      MichaelKazlow
      Legend
      May 28, 2009

      Jim,  I guess the first question is what are you trying to do? Are you trying to change text that is already in the pdf file? Trying to enter text into a form field or just trying to enter formulas in arbitrary places in the pdf? The next question is why? Then we can try to find out if there is a way to accomplish what you want. As has been said by others Acrobat is neither a WP or DTP program. If we can try to find out what you are trying to do we may be able to help you find a workflow that will accomplish what you want.

      S_D_A_
      S_D_A_
      Inspiring
      May 27, 2009

      You would do this at at the authoring stage prior to converting to PDF.

      Acrobat can make minor character channges or swap out images but changes

      other than that should always be done in the layout stage. Acrobat is NOT a

      layout application. One would normally use Adobe InDesign with a plugin for

      Maths chars.

      John T Smith
      Community Expert
      John T SmithCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 27, 2009

      I don't know... but there are also 2 others forums to check

      Acrobat Scripting Forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_scripting

      Acrobat SDK Developer Forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_scripting

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      Anonymous
      May 27, 2009

      The scripting forum areas are not appropriate to what I want. In MS Word one can highlight then superscript text. In Adobe Acrobat, it is seemingly impossible to enter a number in scientific notation such as 1 x 10 -6 with the "-6" part superscripted.

      I am finding Adobe to be a real time-waster. This is ridiculous.

      Thanks for your answer. Jim

      Bernd Alheit
      Community Expert
      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 27, 2009

      Acrobat isn't a editor. Create your document in Word and convert the document to PDF.

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