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Cell ► Convert To ► StandardForm

StandardForm
converts the selection to Mathematica StandardForm.
  • When StandardForm is applied to a text selection, Mathematica creates an inline cell.
  • The expression is regenerated in the specified format by the Mathematica kernel. Syntactically incorrect expressions will generate an error.
  • StandardForm requires a kernel.
  • The conversion process will remove any Mathematica comments in the cell.
  • Keyboard shortcuts: Shift+Ctrl+N (Windows); Shift+Cmd+N (Macintosh); Shift+Ctrl+N (X).
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