UPDATE DEC 2020
The equation editor was updated in Office 2018 onwards. Documentation for the new editor is here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/write-an-equation-or-formula-1d01cabc-ceb1-458d-bc70-7f9737722702
The functionality appears to largely be unaltered, so the information in this answer is likely to work, but I have not tested it. The white paper linked below is likely still relevant, though the original listing document has been removed and the link no longer works.
OLD ANSWER
A few months late, but I believe This is the document you are looking for. (LINK NOW DEAD) As best I can tell, OneNote 2013 uses the same equation editor as Word 2007/2010.
A whitepaper on the Word 2007 equation editor key commands can be found HERE on unicode.org.
TL;DR: Symbols are basically the same as in LaTeX, as are a few simple formatting commands like \thinsp
, \sqrt
, etc. From there, it is pretty good at figuring out what you mean if you type it the way you would try to type it in plaintext.
ALT+=
enters an equation at the cursor point.
A handful of symbols:
? \partial
? \alpha ? \eta ο \omicron ? \upsilon
? \beta ?? \iota ? \pi ? \varpi
? \chi ? \varphi ? \theta ? \omega
? \delta ? \kappa ? \vartheta ? \xi
? \epsilon ? \lambda ? \rho
Other handy notation:
\sum
\int
\scriptL
To add extra space:
\hairsp a small space
\thinsp a wider space
To add a function, type its name followed by a space:
sin<sp>\theta
becomes sin ?
If a function is not recognized (like sinc), you can force apply function styling with \funcapply
, by typing sinc\funcapply<sp>
Derivative ticks:
x′ x\prime<sp>
To do fractions, use /
:
a/b
Parentheses are treated as a grouping character. For example, they would NOT show up in the fraction (a+b)/c
. To get them to show, use ((a+b))/c
. Delimiters ()
, []
, and {}
will automatically grow to the size of whatever is contained within them. You can pad the space within delimiters with \phantom
and \vphantom
.
The rest you will have to go read up on yourself, as Markdown doesn't support rendering LaTeX examples (AFAIK).
Best Answer
There is an automatically assigned shortcut: alt+1, alt+2, etc.