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write a standard enthalpy change sign

My wife, Lana Rude, used to spend ages calling up a delta sign then fiddling about getting a standard sign by superscripting a o and scoring a line through it. So I wrote a macro which adds the standard enthalpy sign below: The r is lowered by 1 point and the standard sign is theContinue reading “write a standard enthalpy change sign”

write a sulfate ion with 2- above the 4

Use the macro below to write a sulfate ion like this: The font is Arial size 11, unlike the font produced by Equations using the method here. Put the macro on the Quick Access Toolbar then type 21 for the sulfate ion, 22 for nitrate and 23 for carbonate.

write E cell with a standard sign

The macro below will generate the symbol above.

write the symbol with mass number and atomic number

This macro will generate the symbol above in Arial font 11 rather than the Cambria Math (sic) italics which Equations produces. There is a message box asking for the atomic number (only from 1 to 20) and typing in 12 will return the symbol above.

add a science symbol

Over the years my colleague Aula Nerd used to come across useful Word symbols in other people’s documents and copy them to one central very useful document. Every time she needed an equilibrium sign or a triple bond or a radical dot or a longer minus sign she would open the afore-mentioned document, copy theContinue reading “add a science symbol”

add a free radical dot

When I want to add a dot for a free radical I type zdot and it AutoCorrects using the method here to a nice dot in the middle of the line which looks like this: See here for how to find the Unicode symbol for the dot in the middle of the line on the keyboard. ToContinue reading “add a free radical dot”

find the ASCII code of any symbol

Select any symbol and run the macro below over it. This will give a message box containing the ASCII code of the symbol.

add a triple bond sign

For many years I used to add a text box containing a single bond to a double bond which always looks messy and goes awry when the text box goes walkies. My colleague Dean Raul showed me a better way. Now I type NZZ and it Autocorrects using the method described here to a niceContinue reading “add a triple bond sign”

copy selected pages to new document

If you have a long document and want to copy part of it this is a quick way. There is a message box at the start requiring the page range to copy. These pages are then copied to a new document.

display bookmarks

It’s handy to see where the bookmarks are in a document but you don’t want to display them all the time. To switch them on and off do this: File>Options>Advanced then scroll down to Show document content: Tick or untick Show bookmarks This all takes a bit of time so it’s better to have aContinue reading “display bookmarks”