Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ How do I add special characters?

[templateuser]

Hello, in the flowing text I want to bring in special characters like \delta and \gamma. Unfortunately, the following error message appears:

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! Missing $ inserted.

<inserted text>

$
...
?

Do you have any solution for this?

ajburk

[templateuser]

By the way: \mu is working...

ajburk

[Vel]

Hi,

You need to put those commands in the math environment by surrounding them with dollar signs like: $\gamma$. I just tried them and $\delta$, $\gamma$ and $\mu$ work just fine.

Cheers,
Vel

[templateuser]

Thanks a lot, Vel - that solved the problem!

ajburk

[Vel]

No problem, good luck with your thesis!

[cgnieder]

Unfortunately, the following error message appears:

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! Missing $ inserted.

<inserted text>

$
...
?

For future problems: the error message actually tells you what's wrong. That is, if you take a look at the log file and read the complete error message:

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! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text> 
                $
l.5 \alpha
          
I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think
you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.

It tells you that you've tried to typeset something in text-mode that only works in math-mode. Greek variables or _ and often are candidates for this…

Regards