Alberto Vecchiato wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Robin Turner wrote:
>
> > Well, I've looked through the Tutorial, the User Guide and a LaTeX command
> > summary, and I still can't find how to do the following ...
> >
> > 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction;
> >
> > 2. Type a degree sign (as in "a 90 degree arc").
> >
> > Am I stupid or what?
> >
> Don't know if it's what you want, but I usually do this:
> 1. simply a/b in math mode;
This just gives more-or-less the same result as text mode. What I was
hoping for was something where the first number is slightly higher then
the second, as in a normal "half" sign/
> 2. 90^\circ in math mode.
Ha ha, I just failed the lateral thinking test! It didn't occur to me
to see a degree sign as a superscripted circle.
Thanks
Robin
