1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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Bracket types are displayed in the lower part of the Elements window.</ahelp> These brackets 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. All brackets that are not contained in the Elements window or in the context menu can be typed manually in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="howtoget"> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154264" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The following is a complete list of all available bracket types. The icon next to the bracket type indicates that it can be accessed through the Elements window (menu View - Elements) or through the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Bracket types</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3149801" src="starmath/res/al21801.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149801" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151102" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRPARENTX">Inserts a placeholder within normal round brackets (parentheses).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>(<?>)</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3158440" src="starmath/res/al21802.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3158440" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Square brackets</paragraph> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150356" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX">Inserts a placeholder within square brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>[<?>]</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 113*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 114*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 115*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 116*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3146923" src="starmath/res/al21823.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 117*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 118*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 119*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 120*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 121*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Double square brackets</paragraph> 122*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX">Inserts a placeholder within double square brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>ldbracket <?> rdbracket</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 123*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 124*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 125*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 126*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 127*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 128*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 129*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 130*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 131*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3149815" src="starmath/res/al21804.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149815" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 132*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 133*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 134*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 135*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 136*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 137*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147101" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACEX">Inserts a placeholder withing braces (curly brackets).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lbrace<?>rbrace</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 138*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 139*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 140*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 141*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 142*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 143*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 144*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 145*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 146*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3148736" src="starmath/res/al21805.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3148736" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 147*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 148*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 149*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 150*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 151*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 152*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRLINEX">Inserts a placeholder within vertical bars.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lline <?> rline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 153*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 154*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 155*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 156*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 157*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 158*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 159*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 161*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3153350" src="starmath/res/al21806.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153350" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 162*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 163*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 164*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 165*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 166*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 167*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRDLINEX">Inserts a placeholder within double vertical bars.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>ldline <?> rdline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 168*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 169*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 170*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 171*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 172*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 173*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 174*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 175*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 176*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3155118" src="starmath/res/al21803.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3155118" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 177*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 178*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 179*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 180*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 181*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Angle brackets</paragraph> 182*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRANGLEX">Inserts a placeholder within angle brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>langle <?> rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 183*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 184*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 185*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 186*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 187*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 188*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 189*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 191*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3155867" src="starmath/res/al21821.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3155867" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 192*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 193*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 194*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 195*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Operator brackets</paragraph> 197*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY">Inserts a placeholder within operator brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>langle <?> mline <?> rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 198*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 199*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 200*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 201*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 202*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 203*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 204*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 205*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 206*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3149561" src="starmath/res/al21808.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 207*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 208*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 209*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 210*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 211*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Group brackets</paragraph> 212*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRGROUPX">Inserts group brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 213*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 214*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 215*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 216*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 217*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 218*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 219*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 220*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 221*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3147733" src="starmath/res/al21809.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3147733" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 222*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 223*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 224*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 225*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 226*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 227*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX">Inserts <emph>scalable rounded brackets</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left(<?> right)</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 228*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 229*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 230*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 231*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 232*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 233*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 234*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 235*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 236*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3148852" src="starmath/res/al21810.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148852" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 237*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 238*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 239*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 240*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 241*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 242*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148438" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX">Inserts scalable square brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left[<?> right]</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 243*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 244*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 245*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 246*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 247*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 248*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 249*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 250*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 251*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3153794" src="starmath/res/al21824.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153794" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 252*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 253*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 254*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 255*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 256*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 257*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150161" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX">Inserts scalable double square brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left ldbracket <?> right rdbracket</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 258*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 259*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 260*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 261*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 262*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 263*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 264*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 265*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 266*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3153972" src="starmath/res/al21812.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3153972" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 267*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 268*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 269*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 270*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 271*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 272*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154724" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX">Inserts scalable braces with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left lbrace <?> right rbrace</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the braces is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 273*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 274*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 275*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 276*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 277*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 278*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 279*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 280*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 281*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3155598" src="starmath/res/al21813.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155598" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 282*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 283*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 284*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 285*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 286*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 287*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145634" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRLINEX">Inserts scalable single vertical bars with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left lline <?> right rline</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 288*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 289*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 290*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 291*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 292*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 293*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 294*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 295*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 296*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3153223" src="starmath/res/al21814.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153223" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 297*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 298*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 299*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 300*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 301*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 302*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146950" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX">Inserts scalable double vertical bars with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left ldline <?> right rdline</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 303*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 304*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 305*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 306*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 307*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 308*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 309*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 310*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 311*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3150026" src="starmath/res/al21811.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150026" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 312*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 313*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 314*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 315*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 316*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 317*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX">Inserts scalable angle brackets with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left langle <?> right rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 318*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 319*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 320*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 321*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 322*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 323*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 324*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 325*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 326*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3154235" src="starmath/res/al21822.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3154235" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 327*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 328*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 329*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 330*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 331*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 332*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY">Inserts scalable operator brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left langle <?> mline <?> right rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 333*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 334*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 335*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 336*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 337*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 338*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 339*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 340*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 341*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3154349" src="starmath/res/al21825.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3154349" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 342*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 343*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 344*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 345*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 346*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 347*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY">Inserts a scalable horizontal upper brace with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also enter <emph><?> overbrace <?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 348*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 349*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 350*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 351*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 352*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 353*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 354*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 355*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 356*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3149646" src="starmath/res/al21826.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149646" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 357*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 358*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 359*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 360*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 361*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 362*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154023" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY">Inserts a scalable horizontal lower brace with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?> underbrace <?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 363*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 364*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 365*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 366*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 367*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 368*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRFLOORX">To insert floor brackets, type <emph>lfloor<?>rfloor</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 369*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 370*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRCEILX">To insert ceiling brackets, type <emph>lceil<?>rceil</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 371*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 372*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149623" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX">To insert scalable floor brackets, type <emph>left lfloor<?>right rfloor</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 373*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 374*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRCEILX">To insert scalable ceiling brackets, type <emph>left lceil<?>right rceil</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 375*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3149208" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Brackets are automatically sized when you type <emph>left</emph> and <emph>right</emph> in front of the bracket command, for example, <emph>left(a over b right)</emph>. You can also set the size and spacing of brackets by choosing <emph>Format - Spacing - Category - Brackets</emph> and setting the desired percentages. Mark the <emph>Scale all brackets</emph> check box to apply the changes to all brackets in the formula.</paragraph> 376*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150857" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">You can also use single brackets. To do this, type a backslash <emph>\</emph> in front of the command. For example, when you type <emph>\[</emph>, the left square bracket appears without its counterpart. This is useful for creating reverse brackets or for constructing intervals. Note that only non-scalable brackets can be used individually. To change the size, use the <emph>size</emph> command.</paragraph> 377*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 378*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 379*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 380*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 381*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For scaled brackets use <emph>none</emph> as the bracket name</paragraph> 382*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 383*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 384*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN11404" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <emph>phantom</emph> statement ensures that the last bracket is the correct size.</paragraph> 385*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145107" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Be sure to put spaces (gaps) between elements when entering them directly in the Commands window. This ensures that the correct structure is recognized.</paragraph> 386*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153198" 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> as well as <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="scaling">scaling</link> helps you structure formulas effectively. For more information about brackets, see <link href="text/smath/01/03091100.xhp" name="Brackets and Groups">Brackets and Grouping</link>.</paragraph> 387*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 388*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 389
