On 6.9.2013, at 20:03, Charles Berry <ccbe...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > Roger Mason <rmason <at> mun.ca> writes: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to create a superscript that preceeds a letter. I tried >> ^1Fred, ^1 Fred, ^{1}Fred and ^{1} Fred, to no avail. >> >> Can this be done in org (8.0.3)? If so how? > [snip] > > \nbsp{}^{1}Fred
Yes, nice. I also need this often. You can also write \nbsp^{1}Fred, a bit more compact. I am wondering if we could come up with something even more compact though. I often have to write names of isotopes, for example \nbsp^{13}CO, and I do find that cumbersome. - Carsten > > exports to ~$^{\text{1}}$Fred in latex and <sup>1</sup>Fred in html > > HTH, > > Chuck > > > > > >