Are you still using an equals sign for a double bond? Here at Southampton Exam Factory we use Unicode (hex) symbol 268C which produces this: I use AutoCorrect as detailed here to add my double bond: typing dbz AutoCorrects to the nice double bond. See here for how to find the Unicode symbol for the double bondContinue reading “add a double bond”
Tag Archives: Chemistry
write the standard electrode potential sign
The quickest way to get the sign below is to have it as a macro and get it in three clicks: The Greek capital letter theta is changed to font size 8, superscripted and raised by three points, all of which takes more than three clicks if you don’t use the macro.
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.
Chemistry Word VBA macros 