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KieranBrennanDublin
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May 31, 2018
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Symbols, Chemistry, Headaches...

  • May 31, 2018
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Hi

I am trying to work with chemical formulae supplied to me in Microsoft Word. Copy / Paste won't work, so does anyone have any experience about how best to create these?

Please see attached samples...

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    Correct answer Jongware

    Manually it is doable – this is Cambria Math, entered one glyph at a time (but at least in CC2017, you can search for the names of the individual characters!) ...

    … but barely practical: if you really want to end up with the exact same formula, print it from within Word to a PDF and place that.

    Another solution is to purchase a specialized plugin such as MathTools (MathTools for InDesign - movemen ) and MathMagic ([Math+Magic] - The ultimate Equation Editor for Adobe InDesign on the planet! )

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    amaarora
    amaarora
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2018

    Hi,

    You can select those characters and make them superset/subset.

    Yo can also vote for this: MathML Support – Adobe InDesign Feedback

    -Aman

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    KieranBrennanDublinAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 31, 2018

    Aman

    Thanks so much for your reply.

    So I guess it's just a matter of creating these glyphs / finding the typeface symbols (or making them) and tweaking the hell out of it using the super / subs?

    Thanks for your help and the suggestion to vote makes sense to me also.

    Cheers

    K

    Jongware
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    JongwareCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    May 31, 2018

    Manually it is doable – this is Cambria Math, entered one glyph at a time (but at least in CC2017, you can search for the names of the individual characters!) ...

    … but barely practical: if you really want to end up with the exact same formula, print it from within Word to a PDF and place that.

    Another solution is to purchase a specialized plugin such as MathTools (MathTools for InDesign - movemen ) and MathMagic ([Math+Magic] - The ultimate Equation Editor for Adobe InDesign on the planet! )

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