Greek Characters

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 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
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  • Greek Characters
    • Example 2: $\pi \simeq 3.14159$
• Customizations
  • Formula Editor as a Floating Window
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  • 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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Greek Characters

Greek characters ($\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma ,\theta$, etc) are common in mathematical formulas. These characters are not available in the Elements window or the right-click menu. Fortunately, the markup for Greek characters is simple: Type a % sign followed by the character's name in English.

• To write a lowercase character, type the name of the character in lowercase.

• To write an uppercase character, type the name of the character in uppercase.

A complete table of Greek characters is provided on page 27. See the table below for some examples.

Lowercase	Uppercase
%alpha$\rightarrow \alpha$	%ALPHA$\rightarrow \mathrm {A}$
%beta $\rightarrow \beta$	%BETA $\rightarrow \mathrm {B}$
%gamma$\rightarrow \gamma$	%GAMMA$\rightarrow \Gamma$
%psi $\rightarrow \psi$	%PSI $\rightarrow \Psi$
%phi $\rightarrow \phi$	%PHI $\rightarrow \Phi$
%theta$\rightarrow \theta$	%THETA$\rightarrow \Theta$

Another way to enter Greek characters is by using the Symbols catalog window. Choose Tools → Catalog. This window is shown in Figure 7. Under Symbol set, select Greek and double-click on a Greek letter from the list. The character's markup name is shown below the list window.

Figure 7: Symbols catalog, used for entering Greek characters and some special symbols