| Typed command(s) | Symbol in Elements pane | Meaning | 
| 
acute
 | 
 | Accent to top right above a character | 
| 
bar
 | 
 | Horizontal bar above a character | 
| 
bold
 | 
 | Bold | 
| 
breve
 | 
 | Top open arc above a character | 
| 
check
 | 
 | Upside down roof | 
| 
circle
 | 
 | Circle above a character | 
| 
color
 |  | \<bookmark_value\>formulas;in color\</bookmark_value\> The \<emph\>color\</emph\> command changes the character color; first enter the \<emph\>color\</emph\> command directly in the \<emph\>Commands\</emph\> window. Then enter the color name (black, white, cyan, magenta, red, blue, green, or yellow). Then enter the characters to be changed. | 
| 
dddot
 | 
 | Three dots above a character | 
| 
ddot
 | 
 | Two dots above a character | 
| 
dot
 | 
 | Dot above a character | 
| 
grave
 | 
 | Accent to bottom right above a character | 
| 
hat
 | 
 | "Roof" above a character | 
| 
ital
 | 
 | Italics | 
| 
nbold
 |  | Remove the Bold attribute | 
| 
nitalic
 |  | Remove the Italics attribute | 
| 
overline
 | 
 | Horizontal bar above a character | 
| 
overstrike
 | 
 | Horizontal bar through a character | 
| 
phantom
 | 
 | Phantom character | 
| 
tilde
 | 
 | Tilde above a character | 
| 
underline
 | 
 | Horizontal bar below a character | 
| 
vec
 | 
 | Vector arrow above a character | 
| 
widehat
 | 
 | wide roof, adjusts to the character size | 
| 
widetilde
 | 
 | wide tilde, adjusts to the character size | 
| 
widevec
 | 
 | wide vector arrow, adjusts to the character size |