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Go back to my question Mac iMac User profile for user: Macmollyanna Macmollyanna Author User level: Level 1 6 points How to type a squared symbol

How do you insert a squared symbol in mail meaage or Pages?

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 19, 2012 10:50 AM

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User profile for user: Don Archibald Don Archibald User level: Level 10 101,665 points

Feb 19, 2012 1:06 PM in response to captfred

Say that you want to show 3 squared, 32

• In Pages -

Enter the numbers 32

Highlight the 2

Go to the Format menu, Font > Baseline > Superscript

This will raise the 2 and make it smaller

If you want to make the 2 appear higher, select it, the go to the Format menu > Font > Baseline > Raise

• In Mail -

In a message window, enter the numbers 32

Highlight the number 2

Go to the Edit menu and select Special Characters...

In the Character screen, in the lower right should be displayed variants for the number 2 (which is why you highlighted the 2 before going here). Double-click the appropriate one, probably the one in the upper right of the array offered.

This should convert the highlight 2 in the message to a superscript 2.

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User profile for user: captfred captfred User level: Level 7 26,446 points

Feb 19, 2012 10:54 AM in response to Macmollyanna

Press CMD OPT T and select the character from the character viewer.

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User profile for user: Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke User level: Level 10 122,154 points

Feb 19, 2012 12:50 PM in response to Macmollyanna

Macmollyanna wrote:

How do you insert a squared symbol in mail meaage or Pages?

In Pages you can also superscript anything by selecting the character and going to Format > Font > Baseline

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User profile for user: greendragonfly greendragonfly User level: Level 1 4 points

May 29, 2013 9:50 PM in response to captfred

To Captfred:

Clear, quick and to the point.

TY

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User profile for user: Community User Community User

Jun 24, 2014 8:21 AM in response to Macmollyanna

The characters menu that is activated with "ctrl+cmd+space" allows access to a "superscript 2" or square root symbol (²).

Check if the "Digits — All" category isn't in the left-hand column, click the gear icon, then select this category — adding it to the list.

This category is having square root symbol (²)....Then you can add the this, in "Digits — All", to Favorites, so you can access it a little more quickly.

Just double click it to place into your text.

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User profile for user: Community User Community User

Jun 24, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Don Archibald

The characters menu that is activated with "ctrl+cmd+space" allows access to a "superscript 2" or square root symbol (²).

Check if the "Digits — All" category isn't in the left-hand column, click the gear icon, then select this category — adding it to the list.

This category is having square root symbol (²)....Then you can add the this, in "Digits — All", to Favorites, so you can access it a little more quickly.

Just double click it to place into your text.

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