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The format options are displayed in the lower half of the Formula Elements window.</ahelp> These options are also listed in the <link href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#kontextmenue" name="context menu">context menu</link> of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</section> +<section id="howtoget"> + <embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astasr"/> +</section> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The following is a complete list of all available formatting options in $[officename] Math. The icon next to the formatting option indicates that it can be accessed through the Elements window (menu <emph>View - Elements</emph>) or through the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153536" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">The letter "a" refers to the placeholder in your formula which you would like to assign to the respective formatting. You can substitute this character for any other you like.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151104" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Formatting options</paragraph> +<table id="tbl_id3154569"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1008B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3150981" src="starmath/res/co21916.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150981" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LSUPX" id="bm_id3154473" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147519" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">Superscript left</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>lsup{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3155895"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149691" src="starmath/res/co21918.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149691" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_CSUPX" id="bm_id3146921" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Superscript top</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159195" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUPX">Inserts a superscript directly above a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>csup<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3149482"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149097" src="starmath/res/co21908.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149097" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_RSUPX" id="bm_id3149821" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151249" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Superscript right</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>^{<?>}</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, or you can use <emph>rsup</emph> or <emph>sup</emph>.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3154908"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1013E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149044" src="starmath/res/co21905.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149044" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_BINOMXY" id="bm_id3147575" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Vertical stack (2 elements)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_BINOMXY">Inserts a vertical stack (binomial) with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>binom<?><?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3147079"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10179" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3154390" src="starmath/res/co21901.png" width="0.2228inch" height="0.2228inch"><alt id="alt_id3154390" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_NEWLINE" id="bm_id3151033" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">New line</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_NEWLINE">Inserts a new line in your document.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>newline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3154918"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101B2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3155117" src="starmath/res/co21912.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155117" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LSUBX" id="bm_id3148751" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3148760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Subscript left</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147309" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>lsub{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3151384"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149544" src="starmath/res/co21917.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149544" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_CSUBX" id="bm_id3150119" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150687" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Subscript bottom</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUBX">Inserts a subscript directly under a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>csub<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3147624"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3145265" src="starmath/res/co21904.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3145265" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_RSUBX" id="bm_id3145126" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Subscript right</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>_{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, and the subscript dash can be replaced by <emph>rsub</emph> or <emph>sub</emph>.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3150558"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149220" src="starmath/res/co21906.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149220" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_STACK" id="bm_id3147107" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Vertical stack (3 elements)</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146332" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_STACK">Inserts a vertical stack with three placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>stack {<?>#<?>#<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3147608"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3149848" src="starmath/res/co21902.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149848" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SBLANK" id="bm_id3155563" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155572" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Small gap</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147056" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SBLANK">Inserts a small gap between a placeholder and the next element.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>`</emph> directly in the Commands window. The command must appear to the left or right of a symbol, variable, number or complete command.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3154778"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102DC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3154094" src="starmath/res/co21909.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3154094" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNLX" id="bm_id3153801" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Align left</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNLX">This icon assigns left-alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can type <emph>alignl<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3151117"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3156130" src="starmath/res/co21910.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3156130" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNCX" id="bm_id3154714" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Align to horizontal center</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNCX">Assigns horizontal central alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignc<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3150461"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3155583" src="starmath/res/co21911.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155583" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNRX" id="bm_id3151209" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Align right</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNRX">Inserts the command for right alignment and a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignr<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3149237"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1038D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3155085" src="starmath/res/co21907.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155085" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_MATRIX" id="bm_id3154328" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154338" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Matrix stack</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="26"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_MATRIX">This icon inserts a matrix with four placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>matrix{<?>#<?>##<?>#<?>}</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The position of an element inside this diagram is indicated by two coordinates; the first specifies the line number and the second the column number. You can expand this matrix in any direction in the <emph>Commands</emph> window by adding characters.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<table id="tbl_id3148795"> +<tablerow> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103C9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> +<image id="img_id3150027" src="starmath/res/co21903.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150027" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> + </image></paragraph> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_BLANK" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/></tablecell> +<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> +<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149358" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Gap</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_BLANK">This icon inserts a gap or space between placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>~</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The command must appear to the left or right of a symbol, variable, number or complete command.</paragraph> +</tablecell> +</tablerow> +</table> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">For alignment, the <emph>alignl, alignc</emph> and <emph>alignr</emph> commands are especially effective, if you are </paragraph> +<list type="unordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151009" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="49">aligning numerators and denominators, for example <emph>{alignl a}over{b+c}</emph> +</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">constructing binomials or stacks, for example <emph>binom{2*n}{alignr k}</emph> +</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">aligning the elements in a matrix, for example <emph>matrix{alignr a#b+2##c+1/3#alignl d}</emph> and</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">beginning a new line, for example <emph>a+b-c newline alignr x/y</emph> +</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">When using the align instructions, note that</paragraph> +<list type="unordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">they can only placed at the beginning of expressions and can only occur once. Therefore you can type <emph>a+b alignr c</emph>, but not <emph>a+alignr b</emph> +</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154004" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">they affect each other, which means that typing <emph>{alignl{alignr a}}over{b+c}</emph> aligns <emph>a</emph> on the right.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id8036133" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To align using the "matrix" command</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id5398419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">matrix{</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id1456343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr sin^2 x + cos^2 x#{}={}#alignl 1 ##</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id4572588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr cos^2 x #{}={} #alignl 1 - sin^2 x</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id2879726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">}</paragraph> +<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10F70" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Aligning to the left</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="56">If a line or an expression begins with text, it is aligned on the left by default. You can change this with any of the <emph>align</emph> commands. An example is <emph>stack{a+b-c*d#alignr "text"}</emph>, where "text" appears aligned to the right. Note that text must always be surrounded by quotation marks.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">The standard centralized formulas can be aligned to the left without using the <emph>Format - Alignment</emph> menu. To do this, place an empty character string, that is, the inverted commas which surround any text "", before the section of formula that you want to align. For example, typing <emph>"" a+b newline "" c+d</emph> results in both equations being left-aligned instead of centered.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145654" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">When typing information in the Commands window, note that some formats require spaces for the correct structure. This is especially true when entering values (for example, a lsup{3}) instead of placeholders.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148708" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Click <link href="text/smath/01/03091100.xhp" name="Brackets and Grouping">Brackets and Grouping</link> for more information about formatting in <emph>$[officename] Math</emph>.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155340" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Useful information about <link href="text/smath/01/03091200.xhp" name="Indexes and Exponents">Indexes and Exponents</link> and <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="Scaling">Scaling</link>, helps you organize your document in the best possible way.</paragraph> +</body> +</helpdocument> |