[Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question

[sabra1023]

I don't use superscripts at all. They are confusing for me to read, and I show my work and math for my benefit as well as the teachers. I use parentheses if there are problems with clarification.

> On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Wilson_KC <Wilson_KC at asdk12.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for that info, Daniel.  We'll give it a try.  kc
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Blindmath [blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Daniel [danielgillen at rcn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:07 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
> 
> Dear list,
> 
>  I am Daniel Gillen, a college student majoring in physics who
> is a power user of the Apex.  For the longest time, I've known
> that one needs to be in 8-dot Computer Braille to take advantage
> of the various plain-text and extended Unicode characters.
> Hence, the caret (or beginning of superscript material) is most
> efficiently written in 8-dot Computer Braille using dot 7
> (backspace) together with dots 4-5.  The way in 6-dot mode is to
> first press space with U (U for uppercase), and then dots 4-5.
> The option to switch to 8-dot mode is in Braille Options under
> the Options Menu.
> (Just as a side note: I find it convenient to use the tilde
> character for the beginning of a square-root expression.  With
> that, I would end all superscript material or material under the
> radical sign that has additional text on the base line with a
> double-quote mark.)
>  I hope this was helpful.  As I've been a member of the
> BlindMath listserv for quite some time, I could help anyone with
> such questions as this.
> 
> Thank you,
> Daniel
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wilson_KC <Wilson_KC at asdk12.org
> To: "blindmath at nfbnet.org" <blindmath at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:57:17 +0000
> Subject: [Blindmath] superscript on an APEX question
> 
> My student is in a Text Document on her APEX doing math problems
> in Nemeth.  When she puts in dots 4,5 to produce an up arrow for
> a superscript, she gets a tilde instead.  Do you know what she's
> doing wrong?
> 
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