Getting Started with Open Office .org 3 part 32. This Manual Book is for anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with the latest version . “GETTING STARTED WITH ″ introduces all software programs of the OpenOffice bundle: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector drawings), Math (equation editor) and Base (database). This book was written by volunteers from the community working through and is distributed under the CreativeCommon Attribution Licence | The equation editor uses a markup language to represent formulas. For example beta creates the Greek character beta . This markup is designed to read similar to English whenever possible. For example a over b produces a fraction b. Entering a formula There are three ways to enter a formula Select a symbol from the Selection window. Right-click on the equation editor and select the symbol from the context menu. Type markup in the equation editor. The context menu and the Selection window insert the markup corresponding to a symbol. Incidentally this provides a convenient way to learn the OOoMath markup. Note Click on the document body to exit the formula editor. Double-click on a formula to enter the formula editor again. The Selection window The simplest method for entering a formula is the Selection window shown in Figure 270. Figure 271. Symbols are divided into categories Categories Symbols The Selection window is divided into two main portions. The top shows the symbol categories. Click on these to change the list of symbols. The bottom shows the symbols available in the current category. Chapter 9 Getting Started with Math 311 You can hide or unhide the Selection window with View Tip Selection. Example 1 5x4 For this example we will enter a simple formula 5x4 On the Selection window 1 Select the top-left button of the categories top section Figure 272 . 2 Click on the multiplication symbol shown in Figure 272 . Unary binary operators Figure 272. Unary binary operators When you select the multiplication symbol on the Selection window two things happen The equation editor shows the markup times The body of the document shows a gray box with the figure xU Figure 273. The multiplication symbol The symbols Figure 273 are placeholders that you can replace by other text. The equation will update automatically and the result should resemble Figure 274. 312 Getting Started with 3 Figure 274. Result of entering 5 and 4 next to the times operator To keep .
