[ale] OpenOffice Expertise sought

Thompson Freeman tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
Wed Aug 27 00:24:45 EDT 2008


On 08/26/2008 04:31:58 PM, hbbs at comcast.net wrote:
> But he wanted a superscript *on top of* a subscript...I
> guess you'd see that in isotopic chemistry?

Well, actually in the Freshman Chemistry during the  
introduction to the periodic table & nomenclature.

> 
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > <ctl>-p is suPerscript, <ctl>-s is subscript.
> >
> > google for portable openoffice thumbdrive
> > It's been done but I can't recall where...
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:20 PM, tom
> <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I'm starting a new gig (Yeah!), and promptly ran into
> a challenge. I'm
> > > using OpenOffice because in theory I can run that
> between the employer's
> > > MS Word and my own linux systems, and I've run into
> two places of
> > > ignorance.
> > >
> > > First - and probably more crucial for me right now - I
> need the ability to
> > > put a superscript and subscript one over the other
> (Its chemisty in case
> > > that helps). I haven't chased down how to do this as
> an inline graphic or
> > > math formula yet, but I'd really like to be able to
> just type it straight
> > > off as text. Ideas?? Clues? Tossed Bricks?
> > >
> > > Second - I'd like to install OpenOffice.org to a thumb
> drive such that I
> > > can use it on one of several XP and Vista machines
> available to me at
> > > work. This might not work if the IT people have
> properly locked up the
> > > machines, but I figure I might as well find out how to
> do it. (They have
> > > locked up the network so I cann't ssh home and convert
> stuff to a word
> > > format there. Clever bastards, but they have students
> to deal with.)
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
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> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> 
> 
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