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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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