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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> 69</section> 70<section id="howtoget"> 71<embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 72</section> 73<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> 74<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Bracket types</paragraph> 75<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 76<tablerow> 77<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 79<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> 80</image></paragraph> 81<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 85<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> 86</tablecell> 87</tablerow> 88</table> 89<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 90<tablerow> 91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 93<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> 94</image></paragraph> 95<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 96</tablecell> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Square brackets</paragraph> 99<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> 100</tablecell> 101</tablerow> 102</table> 103<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 104<tablerow> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 107<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> 108</image></paragraph> 109<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 110</tablecell> 111<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 112<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Double square brackets</paragraph> 113<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> 114</tablecell> 115</tablerow> 116</table> 117<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 118<tablerow> 119<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 120<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 121<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> 122</image></paragraph> 123<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 124</tablecell> 125<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 126<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 127<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147101" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACEX">Inserts a placeholder within braces (curly brackets).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lbrace<?>rbrace</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 128</tablecell> 129</tablerow> 130</table> 131<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 132<tablerow> 133<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 134<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 135<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> 136</image></paragraph> 137<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 138</tablecell> 139<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 140<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 141<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> 142</tablecell> 143</tablerow> 144</table> 145<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 146<tablerow> 147<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 148<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 149<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> 150</image></paragraph> 151<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 152</tablecell> 153<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 154<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 155<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> 156</tablecell> 157</tablerow> 158</table> 159<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 160<tablerow> 161<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 162<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 163<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> 164</image></paragraph> 165<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 166</tablecell> 167<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 168<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Angle brackets</paragraph> 169<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> 170</tablecell> 171</tablerow> 172</table> 173<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 174<tablerow> 175<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 176<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 177<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> 178</image></paragraph> 179<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 180</tablecell> 181<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 182<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Operator brackets</paragraph> 183<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> 184</tablecell> 185</tablerow> 186</table> 187<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 188<tablerow> 189<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 191<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> 192</image></paragraph> 193<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 194</tablecell> 195<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Group brackets</paragraph> 197<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> 198</tablecell> 199</tablerow> 200</table> 201<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 202<tablerow> 203<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 204<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 205<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> 206</image></paragraph> 207<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 208</tablecell> 209<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 210<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 211<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> 212</tablecell> 213</tablerow> 214</table> 215<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 216<tablerow> 217<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 218<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 219<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> 220</image></paragraph> 221<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 222</tablecell> 223<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 224<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 225<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> 226</tablecell> 227</tablerow> 228</table> 229<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 230<tablerow> 231<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 232<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 233<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> 234</image></paragraph> 235<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 236</tablecell> 237<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 238<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 239<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> 240</tablecell> 241</tablerow> 242</table> 243<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 244<tablerow> 245<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 246<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 247<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> 248</image></paragraph> 249<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 250</tablecell> 251<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 252<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 253<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> 254</tablecell> 255</tablerow> 256</table> 257<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 258<tablerow> 259<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 260<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 261<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> 262</image></paragraph> 263<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 264</tablecell> 265<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 266<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 267<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> 268</tablecell> 269</tablerow> 270</table> 271<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 272<tablerow> 273<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 274<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 275<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> 276</image></paragraph> 277<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 278</tablecell> 279<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 280<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 281<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> 282</tablecell> 283</tablerow> 284</table> 285<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 286<tablerow> 287<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 288<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 289<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> 290</image></paragraph> 291<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 292</tablecell> 293<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 294<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 295<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> 296</tablecell> 297</tablerow> 298</table> 299<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 300<tablerow> 301<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 302<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 303<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> 304</image></paragraph> 305<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 306</tablecell> 307<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 308<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 309<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> 310</tablecell> 311</tablerow> 312</table> 313<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 314<tablerow> 315<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 316<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 317<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> 318</image></paragraph> 319<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 320</tablecell> 321<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 322<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 323<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> 324</tablecell> 325</tablerow> 326</table> 327<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 328<tablerow> 329<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 330<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 331<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> 332</image></paragraph> 333<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 334</tablecell> 335<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 336<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 337<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> 338</tablecell> 339</tablerow> 340</table> 341<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 342<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> 343<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 344<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> 345<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 346<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> 347<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 348<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> 349<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> 350<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> 351<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 352<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 353<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 354<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 355<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For scaled brackets use <emph>none</emph> as the bracket name</paragraph> 356<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 357<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 358<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> 359<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> 360<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> 361</body> 362</helpdocument> 363
