Tag Archives: Macro

replace the short minus sign, raise the superscripts and lower the subscripts

If you write the formula for the nitrate ion in Arial you get this: The minus sign is too small and the subscript and superscript look wrong. There is a better minus sign than the one on the keyboard, called the n-dash since it takes up the same space as a letter n. Use theContinue reading “replace the short minus sign, raise the superscripts and lower the subscripts”

align [marks] to the right

At Southampton Exam Factory we do AQA GCSE, which puts [3 marks] at the end of a question, and OCR A level, which puts [3] at the end of a diagram question. Both are aligned right, but the Chemistry House style macro here justifies the document. So when I convert a question paper pdf toContinue reading “align [marks] to the right”

replace Cambria Math (sic) font

If you use the maths equations in Insert > Equation you get font which is in Cambria Math (sic) font which can’t be changed in the usual way. Running this macro over it will change it to Arial 11. It will also change the font of any other equation in the document. If you changeContinue reading “replace Cambria Math (sic) font”

add a bevelled 3D rectangle

On my sheets for students I like to add my top tips in a golden-yellow shape that stands out from the paper: Anything in the golden 3D rectangle stands out to the student, but it is also separate from the Chemistry so doesn’t distract from it. Making a rectangle then adding the bevelling requires aContinue reading “add a bevelled 3D rectangle”