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Microsoft Word also known as Ms Word is one of the office productivity applications included in the Microsoft Office suite. It is one of the most preferred Word processors. Our blog is dedicated to make use of Word simple, easy and efficient. It covers Tips and Tricks to use Ms Word for creating report, thesis and dissertation, equation and more.

Ms Word shortcut for commonly used Mathematical and Scientific Symbols

Maths, Science and Engineering uses many unique symbols for denoting specific things. It includes symbols like infinity, different arrows, set symbols, degree sign, angle sign and various mathematical symbols and signs. Symbols in Maths, Science and Engineering Maths Symbol in Ms Word Ms Word provides different ways to insert symbols. To add any symbol, you can go to Insert Tab and click on Symbols. This opens up the dialogue box,… Read More »LaTeX in Word: Shortcut of typing degree symbol, different types of arrows and other mathematical symbols

LaTeX in Word: Shortcut of typing degree symbol, different types of arrows and other mathematical symbols

You might have noticed some times Microsoft Word automatically converts text into required fraction you need. But for most of the case, Word doesn’t do this magical conversion. It happens because, Ms Word has autocorrect feature enabled by default that convert commonly used fractions like 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 to fraction characters like , and . However using this feature you can convert only a handful of fraction automatically. It… Read More »How to Type Fraction in Word: Tips and Tricks to Write Fractions

How to Type Fraction in Word: Tips and Tricks to Write Fractions

If you are writing any technical or mathematical content in Microsoft Word, then it is very much likely that it contains Greek alphabets or Greek letters. They are widely used in fields of science and engineering to demote various constants, values and phenomenon / particle. Greek Alphabets Greek alphabet has both capital and small versions. All the Greek alphabets finds it use in science and mathematics. However, unlike Latin based… Read More »Keyboard shortcut for Greek alphabet in Microsoft Word

Keyboard shortcut for Greek alphabet in Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Word is a great tool for formatting text, but what if you want to insert a chemistry formula in your Word document?. You can type all types of Chemical reaction in word by going into Insert-> Equation. Whoever has written chemical equation by this way knows how painful it is. But don’t worry you have come to right place. Here you will learn all the shortcuts, tips and tricks… Read More »Ms Word Tutorial on How to type chemical reaction in Word: Chemical formula, Reaction arrows and text above and below arrow

Ms Word Tutorial on How to type chemical reaction in Word: Chemical formula, Reaction arrows and text above and below arrow

Greek alphabets and science​ The Greek alphabet or Greek letters are widely in variety of fields of science and engineering to demote various constants, values and phenomenon/particle (alpha decay, beta decay, etc.). From the entire list of Greek alphabets, you will not find any alphabets which are not used in science and mathematics. Letters including  and many more are used to denote a whole range of mathematical constant and phenomenon… Read More »List of Greek alphabet: Shortcut for typing Greek letters in Ms Word

List of Greek alphabet: Shortcut for typing Greek letters in Ms Word

Animation on how to add Subscript and superscript in Ms Word

Subscript and superscript are an integral part of any scientific manuscript. Many of the equations in science, mathematics and engineering contain subscripts and superscript. Chemical reaction also requires subscript and superscripts. Three different ways to write subscript and superscript in Ms Word. 1) Using GUI This method is simple and intuitive. If you are new to Microsoft Word, this is the shortcut you are probably using. 2) Keyboard Shortcut This… Read More »Ms Word shortcut for Subscript and Superscript

Ms Word shortcut for Subscript and Superscript