Resolved - LMS-20 Can't format characters as superscript or subscript
ID | Raised by | Affects version | Jira/Trello reference(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LMS-20 | OPC, HoC | v11.4 | LDAPP-3450 | Awaiting Deployment |
Issue description
It isn’t possible to format characters as superscript or subscript in the editor. This is needed, for example, when expressing chemical formulas or areas.
Workaround
The Editor and the PDF generator do actually support subscript and superscript characters but at the moment there is no way through the toolbar or menus to add the necessary XML elements to your document.
To get around this, you need to edit the XML of your document directly.
In the Editor, place your cursor at the text you want to format.
Select Document menu > Edit as XML. (Note: you can only do this if no other users have locks on any part of your document.)
The XML view of your document will open. The text you want to format (and your cursor) will be just off the bottom of your screen. Scroll down to view it.
Before the first character you want to format, type in “<sup>” or “<sub>” depending on whether you want superscript or subscript.
After the last character you want to format, type in “</sup>” or “</sub>” depending on the element you inserted in step 4.
The result should look something like this:
Click Switch to author mode to take you back to the normal Editor view. It should look like this:
