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Special Characters

Special characters need special attention.

Oftentimes copy is received with substitutions com- monly made for the registration and copyright symbols. These substitutions must be identified and corrected:

(R) substituted for ® (C) substituted for ©

Superscripts and Subscripts

The proper formatting of these terms is imperative.

Superscripts and subscripts are also known respectively as superiors and inferiors. These special characters are usually found in techni- cal documents—therefore careful scrutiny is required to ensure that they are properly formatted. Particular attention must be taken for terms with superscripts: E = mc 2 The number 2 in this physics equation is a superscript .

...and for terms which include subscripts:

H 2 O The number 2 in this chemical term is a subscript .

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