To produce an inline expression place the math expression between dollar signs. Google Docs Equation Editor Shortcuts. A lot of the nice looking equations you see in books and all around the web are written using LaTeX commands.
This page provides an unofficial LaTeX-like shortcuts list cheat-sheet for the Google Docs equation editor.
To use these shortcuts enter them in the equation editor followed by space bar. IN-LINE EQUATIONS 3 5 10 STAND-ALONE EQUATION MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS ax ax a_x ax fracxy sqrtnx sum_k1n prod_k1n leq geq neq. Captiontext Caption for the body. The inline mode and the display mode.