Little 2 in R2 question

Hodokaguy or YamWow,

OK, I live on a Mac. I just about every hot key move in Adobe, Final Cut and Aperture and I have NOT a clue on how to 2, 3 or 4 finger a small hyphenated 2 in R2.

HELP!

There is a ctr - * keyboard command but it is easier to copy>paste:
R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²R²

R²R²R²R²R²R² These are cut and past from your post...


I've got the copy/past down but the "ctrl *" does nothing for me. I still need help. Thanks z

Not sure if its the same on a mac, but you should be able to type it in ASCI. While holding down the ALT key, type in 253 on your number pad (may not work with your regular keyboard numbers). It will result in a ² appearing.

Now you can type in the R and then the ² and you are there. No cutting and pasting. R²

SWEET!! It works in messenger too.

I am on a Mac and the only way I know how to do it is with the Character Palette from the International pane of System Preferences (assuming you are running OS X).

1. Open System Preferences and then open International.

2. Click on the INPUT MENU button at the top.

3. Make sure the box is checked next to Character Palette and also check the box at the bottom that says "Show Input Menu in Menu Bar".

4. Now close System Preferences and you should have an American flag on your Menu Bar on the top right of your screen where I have the red arrow.

5. Click the flag and select Character Palette from the drop down menu.

6. Select DIGITS from the list on the left side and then double click the 2 that I have circled here.

You will not need to go through all these steps each time, but you need to set it up this way. Now in the future if you want to type a R², all you need to do is get to the point where you have typed the R and then open the Character Palette and double click the 2 and you end up with one of these.... R²

Haha I feel so privileged to be on your desktop Mark.

SheWolf wrote:

Haha I feel so privileged to be on your desktop Mark.

That's a screen shot. Actually you are just in a browser window. And it looks like I cut your butt off with that other window. Sorry!

I'm still waiting for the chainsaw and suspenders pic to be posted again so I can put that one on my desktop.

I'm also a Windows free person. From my Mac I just do the following:

R sup 2 /sup
Make sure to wrap the sup and /sup with less than / greater than characters

which will produce:

R²

That is one of those things that is lost in the monster thread at ADV.

I wish people would port their useful posts here. Kind of like a filing cabinet as I think was the orignial idea.

High Five explained it as follows.

Immediately after the "R", type "&" "#" "178" ";" but without the quotation marks or spaces.

R²

R²

Thanks miamimotorcyclists, that is fewer keystrokes that what I was doing and it works on the Mac

rwm0268 wrote:

R²

Thanks miamimotorcyclists, that is fewer keystrokes that what I was doing and it works on the Mac

What kind of Mac do you have? When I type that I get this.... R²

Edit: NEVERMIND! Once I typed that and hit the send button it came out like this... R². Thanks for the tip Miami.

Sounds like you got it working...

I have a MacBook and a Mac Mini

How do I do it, when working in windows?

Miami steered you right....and it should work on any computer in any browser as its an HTML ASCII superscript command: "R" "&" "#" "178" ";" equals R² (without the quotations).

There are a whole bunch more here: http://www.nationalfinder.com/html/char-asc.htm

HF

R²... It works on the numberpad but not the other numberkeys.

Sweet!

R²

R²

It works both on number pad and keys

Highfive wrote:

Miami steered you right....and it should work on any computer in any browser as its an HTML ASCII superscript command: "R" "&" "#" "178" ";" equals R² (without the quotations).

There are a whole bunch more here: http://www.nationalfinder.com/html/char-asc.htm

HF

R² R² R² It works I have been trying to get it to work on my Macbook Pro it it didn't work. It does on my G5 with a key board that has a number pad on the right.

Thanks everyone!

R²

That's really weird. I went back to edit, and the R2 was correct in my text box but isn't in thpost?????

and now it is. hmmmm

In windows, ALT253 gives you R².

~SheWolf~

OK, I got a really stupid question. Who started this R² stuff in the first place? Don't you like "WRR" or "WR/R" or "WR-R" ??? Are you guys jealous because we have the more cooler sounding "WRX"? And WRR just sounds silly? What is it? Who is responsible for this R² craze?

mwakey wrote:

OK, I got a really stupid question. Who started this R² stuff in the first place? Don't you like "WRR" or "WR/R" or "WR-R" ??? Are you guys jealous because we have the more cooler sounding "WRX"? And WRR just sounds silly? What is it? Who is responsible for this R² craze?

Can you say "HighFive"? R²

OMG...he's right. It was HighFive who got that ball rolling. It is kinda catchy tho.

testing R².