Math AutoCorrect Entries Organized by Grade Level

Work in Progress!

See Reference List of Short codes for Office Math Autocorrect for a numbered list of the short codes referenced here.

Note: When spaces are important in the UnicodeMath examples provided below, a space is represented by the characters <sp>.

Symbols by Grade Level (United States)

Elementary (K-5)

Operators

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Addition	+	6+3	$$6+3$$
Subtraction	-	6-3	$$6-3$$
Multiplication (times sign)	\times	6\times<sp>3	$$6\times 3$$
Multiplication (dot)	\cdot	6\cdot<sp>3	$$6\cdot 3$$
Division sign	\div	6\div<sp>3	$$6\div 3$$
Subscript	_	x_1	$x_1$
Exponent	^	x^2	$x^2$

Fractions

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Stacked fraction	/	6/3	$$\frac{6}{3}$$
Skewed fraction	\sdivide	6\sdivide<sp>3	$$\frac{6}{3}$$
Linear fraction	\ldivide	6\ldivide<sp>3	$$6/3$$

Equality/Inequality Symbols

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Equals	=	x=10	$x = 10$
Not Equal	\ne	x\ne<sp>10	$x \neq 10$
Less than	<	x<10	$x &lt; 10$
Greater than	>	x>10	$x &gt; 10$
Less than or equal	\le	x\le<sp>10	$x \leq 10$
Greater than or equal	\ge	x\ge<sp>10	$x \geq 10$

Geometry

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
degree symbol	\degree	90\degree<sp>	$90°$
$$\angle$$	\angle	\angle A+\angle<sp>B=90\degree<sp>	$\angle A+\angle B=90°$

Other

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
General ellipsis (used in lists)	\dots	1, 2, 3,\dots	$$1, 2, 3,\dots$$
Degrees Celcius	\degc	22\degc<sp>	22℃
Degrees Fahrenheit	\degf	72\degf<sp>	72℉
Dollar sign	$	$100	$\$100$
Cents sign	a2 Alt+x	25<sp>a2 Alt+x	$25¢$

Middle (6-8)

Operators

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Addition	+	6+3	$6+3$
Subtraction	-	6-3	$6-3$
Multiplication (times sign)	\times	6\times<sp>3	$6\times 3$
Multiplication (dot)	\cdot	6\cdot<sp>3	$6\cdot 3$
Division sign	\div	6\div<sp>3	$6\div 3$
Plus minus sign	\pm	x\pm 5%	$x\pm 5%$
Subscript	_	x_1	$x_1$
Exponent	^	x^2	$x^2$
Summation	\sum	\sum_1^5\of x	$ \sum_1^5{x}$
Square root	\sqrt	\sqrt(3+x)	$\sqrt{3 + x}$

Fractions

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Stacked fraction	/	6/3	$\frac{6}{3}$
Skewed fraction	\sdivide	6\sdivide<sp>3	$\frac{6}{3}$
Linear fraction	\ldivide	6\ldivide<sp>3	$6/3$

Equality/Inequality Symbols

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Equals	=	x=10	$x = 10$
Not Equal	\ne	x\ne<sp>10	$x \neq 10$
Less than	<	x<10	$x &lt; 10$
Greater than	>	x>10	$x &gt; 10$
Less than or equal	\le	x\le<sp>10	$x \leq 10$
Greater than or equal	\ge	x\ge<sp>10	$x \geq 10$

Geometry

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
degree symbol	\degree	90\degree<sp>	$90°$
angle sign	\angle	\angle A	$\angle A$
pi	\pi	A=\pi r^2	$A=\pi r^2$
parallel	\parallel	(AB)\tvec<sp><sp>\parallel<sp>(CD)\tvec<sp><sp>	$\overleftrightarrow{AB} \parallel \overleftrightarrow{CD}$

Other

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Low ellipsis (aligned at the baseline of text)	\ldots	1, 2, 3,\ldots	$1, 2, 3,\ldots $

High (9-12)

Basic Arithmetic

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Addition	+	6+3	$6+3$
Subtraction	-	6-3	$6-3$
Multiplication (times sign)	\times	6\times<sp>3	$6\times 3$
Multiplication (dot)	\cdot	6\cdot<sp>3	$6\cdot 3$
Division sign	\div	6\div<sp>3	$6\div 3$

Fractions

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Stacked fraction	/	6/3	$\frac{6}{3}$
Skewed fraction	\sdivide	6\sdivide<sp>3	$\frac{6}{3}$
Linear fraction	\ldivide	6\ldivide<sp>3	$6/3$

Equality/Inequality Symbols

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Equals	=	x=10	$x = 10$
Not Equal	\ne	x\ne<sp>10	$x \neq 10$
Less than	<	x<10	$x &lt; 10$
Greater than	>	x>10	$x &gt; 10$
Less than or equal	\le	x\le<sp>10	$x \leq 10$
Greater than or equal	\ge	x\ge<sp>10	$x \geq 10$

Geometry

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Line (overbar)	\overbar	\overbar(AB)	$$\overline{AB}$$
Line (left right arrow above)	\tvec	(AB)\tvec<sp><sp>	$$\overleftrightarrow{AB}$$
degree symbol	\degree	90\degree<sp>	$90°$
Angle sign	\angle	\angle<sp>A	$$\angle A$$
Right angle sign	221f Alt+x	221f Alt+x A	$$∟A$$
Measured angle	2221 Alt+x	2221 Alt+x ABC=45\degree<sp>	$\measuredangle ABC=45°$
pi	\pi	A=\pi r^2	$A=\pi r^2$
Parallel to	\parallel	\overbar(AB)\parallel\overbar(CD)	$\overline{AB}\parallel\overline{CD}$
Not parallel to	/\parallel	\overbar(AB)/\parallel\overbar(CD)	$\overline{AB}\not\parallel\overline{CD}$
Perpendicular to	\perp	\overbar(AB)<sp>\perp<sp>\overbar(CD)	$$\overline{AB}\perp\overline{CD}$$
Not perpendicular to	/\perp	\overbar(AB)<sp>/\perp<sp>\overbar(DF)	$$\overline{AB}\not\perp\overline{DF}$$
Triangle	25b3 Alt+x	25b3 Alt+x ABC	$$\bigtriangleup ABC$$
Circle	25ef Alt+x	25ef Alt+x A	$$◯A$$

Set Membership and Relations:

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Element of	\in	x\in<sp>A	$x \in A$
Subset of	\subset	A\subset<sp>B	$A \subset B$
Superset of	\supset	A\supset<sp>B	$A \supset B$
Subset or equal to	\subseteq	A\subseteq<sp>B	$A \subseteq B$
Superset or equal to	\supseteq	A\supseteq<sp>B	$A \supseteq B$

Set Operations:

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Union	\cup	A\cup<sp>B	$A\cup B$
Intersection	\cap	A\cap<sp>B	$A\cap B$
Set minus	\setminus	A\setminus<sp>B	$A\setminus B$

Special Sets:

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Empty set	\emptyset	A=\emptyset<sp>	$A=\emptyset$
Complex Numbers	\C	z\in\C	$z\in\mathbb{C}$
Integers	\Z	n\in\Z<sp>	$z\in\mathbb{Z}$
Natural numbers	\N	x\in\N	$x\in\mathbb{N}$
Rational Numbers	\Q	q\in\Q<sp>	$q\in\mathbb{Q}$
Real Numbers	\R	y\in\R<sp>	$y\in\mathbb{R}$

Matrices

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Bare matrix	\matrix () around contents & to separate columns @ to separate rows	\matrix(a&b@c&d)	$\begin{matrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix}$
Matrix in parentheses	\pmatrix () around contents & to separate columns @ to separate rows	\pmatrix(a&b@c&d)	$\begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix}$
Matrix in square brackets	[ ] around bare matrix markup \matrix () around contents & to separate columns @ to separate rows	[\matrix(a&b@c&d)]	$\begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix}$
Matrix in vertical lines	| | around bare matrix markup \matrix () around contents & to separate columns @ to separate rows	[|\matrix(a&b@c&d)|	$\begin{vmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{vmatrix}$
Matrix in double vertical lines	\Vmatrix () around contents & to separate columns @ to separate rows	\Vmatrix(a&b@c&d)	$\begin{Vmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{Vmatrix}$

Ellipses

Description	Syntax	Example in UnicodeMath	Professional Output
Horizontally Centered Ellipsis	\cdots	\pmatrix(a_11&a_12&\cdots&a_1n)	$\begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & \cdots & a_{1n} \end{pmatrix}$
Vertical Ellipsis	\vdots	\pmatrix(a_11@a_21@\vdots@a_n1)	$\begin{pmatrix} a_{11} \\ a_{21} \\ \vdots \\ a_{n1} \end{pmatrix}$
Downward-slanting Ellipsis (left diagonal ellipsis)	\ddots	\pmatrix(a_11&a_12&\cdots&a_1n@a_21&a_22&\cdots&a_2n@ \vdots&\vdots&\ddots&\vdots@a_m1&a_m2&\cdots&a_mn)	$\begin{pmatrix}a_{11} & a_{12} & \cdots & a_{1n} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} & \cdots & a_{2n} \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ a_{m1} & a_{m2} & \cdots & a_{mn} \end{pmatrix}$
General ellipsis (used in lists)	\dots	1, 2, 3,\dots	$1, 2, 3,\dots$
Low ellipsis (aligned at the baseline of text)	\ldots	1, 2, 3,\ldots	$1, 2, 3,\ldots$