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Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Math Guide

Math Guide

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• What is Math?
  • Getting Started
• Entering a Formula
  • The Elements Window
    • Example 1: $5\times 4$
  • Right-click (Context) Menu
  • Markup
  • Greek Characters
    • Example 2: $\pi \simeq 3.14159$
• Customizations
  • Formula Editor as a Floating Window
  • How Can I Make a Formula Bigger?
• Formula Layout
  • Brackets are Your Friends
  • Equations Over More Than One Line
  • How Do I Add Limits to My Sum/Integral?
  • Brackets with Matrices Look Ugly!
  • How Do I Make a Derivative?
  • How Do I Align My Equations at the Equals Sign?
• Numbering Equations
• Math Commands – Reference
  • Unary and Binary Operators
  • Relational Operators
  • Set Operations
  • Functions
  • Operators
  • Attributes
  • Miscellaneous
  • Brackets
  • Formats
  • Characters – Greek
  • Characters – Special

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Formats

Operation	Command	Display
Left superscript	a lsup{b}
Center superscript	a csup{b}	${\stackrel {b}{a}}$
Right superscript	a^{b}	${a}^{b}$
Left subscript	a lsub{b}	${}_{b}a$
Center subscript	a csub{b}	${\underset {b}{a}}$
Right subscript	a_{b}	${a}_{b}$
Align character to left (text is aligned center by default)	stack { Hello world # alignl (a) }	${\begin{array}{c}{\mathit {Hello}}{\mathit {world}}\\\left(a\right)\end{array}}$
Align character to center	stack{Hello world # alignc(a)}	${\begin{array}{c}{\mathit {Hello}}{\mathit {world}}\\\left(a\right)\end{array}}$
Align character to right	stack { Hello world # alignr(a)}	${\begin{array}{c}{\mathit {Hello}}{\mathit {world}}\\\left(a\right)\end{array}}$
Vertical stack of 2	binom{a}{b}	${\begin{array}{c}a\\b\end{array}}$
Vertical stack, more than 2	stack{a # b # z}	${\begin{array}{c}a\\b\\z\end{array}}$
Matrix	matrix{a # b ## c # d}	${\begin{array}{cc}a&b\\c&d\end{array}}$
Equations aligned at '=' (using 'matrix')	matrix{a # "=" # alignl{b} ##{} # "=" # alignl{c+1}}	${\begin{array}{cc}a&{\text{=}}b\\&{\text{=}}c+1\end{array}}$
Equations aligned at '=' (using 'phantom')	stack{alignl{a} = b #alignl{phantom{a} = c+1}}	${\begin{array}{c}a=b\\a=c+1\end{array}}$
New line	asldkfjo newline sadkfj	${\begin{array}{c}{\mathit {asldkfjo}}\\{\mathit {sadkfj}}\end{array}}$
No gap	nospace { x + y }	$x+y$
Normal	x+y	$x+y$
Small gap (grave)	stuff`stuff	Failed to parse (syntax error): {\displaystyle \mathit{stuff}`\mathit{stuff}}
Large gap (tilde)	stuff~stuff	Failed to parse (syntax error): {\displaystyle \text\mathit{stuff}~ \mathit{stuff}}

In localized versions of Writer, the markup names of Greek and special characters are localized. If this document is not localized to the same language, then the names below may not work for input. You may still use the Symbol catalog (Figure 7) to select the desired character by its glyph. This will also display the character's localized markup name. Once entered, the characters will display properly in any language.