Text formatting

For more control over text formatting, use the formatting options for expressions .

Headings

You can insert a heading by beginning the line with between one and six underscores followed by a space. One underscore produces the largest heading and six underscores produce the smallest heading. E.g., the subheading Headings is produced by the code∶

Code
`_ Headings`

A heading can be centered by adding a greater than sign to the end of the underscores. For example, the heading Text formatting shown above is produced by the code∶

Code
`_> Text formatting`

When exporting a document to PDF, a table of contents entry is created for each heading.

Controlling the font

You can control the appearance of text by selecting

Insert⟶ Text

from the editor or by using the following formatting commands∶

Description

Example

Grafstate code

Bold

Bold

**{Bold}

Italic

Italic

*{Italic}

Underline

__{Underline}

Overline

~{Overline}
~x

Highlight

!{Highlight}

Code

Code
**{Bold}
\[Code ]

\[Code ]
\[**{Bold} ]
\[\[Code ]]

Superscript

x²
x²ⁿ⁺¹

x^2
x^{2n+1}

Subscript

x₀
x_i-1

x_0
x_{i-1}

A single underscore followed by curly braces is used for a subscript longer than a single character. Two underscores followed by curly braces are used to underline text.

Tabs and indenting

You can insert a tab anywhere in a line with \tab . To indent a line by the equivalent of one tab, begin the line with > followed by a space. To double indent a line, begin the line with >> followed by a space, and so on.

Code
`This line is not indented.` `> This line is indented.` `>>> This line is triple indented.`

This line is not indented.

This line is indented.

This line is triple indented.

Centering

To center a line, begin the line with >< followed by a space.

Code
`>< This line is centered.`

This line is centered.

Breaks

Line breaks

You can insert a line break anywhere in text with // . For example∶

Code
`**{List}//\tab1. item//\tab2. item//\tab...`

List
    1. item
    2. item
    …

Page breaks

A horizontal line can be inserted by type three or more hyphens as the entire line. The horizontal line shoon below is produced by the code∶

Code
`---`

When exporting a document to PDF, each horizontal line is interpreted as a page break.