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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</section> 77<section id="howtoget"> 78 <embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 79</section> 80<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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Bracket types</paragraph> 82<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 83<tablerow> 84<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 86<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 </image></paragraph> 88<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 89</tablecell> 90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 92<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</tablecell> 94</tablerow> 95</table> 96 97<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 98<tablerow> 99<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 101<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 </image></paragraph> 103<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 104</tablecell> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Square brackets</paragraph> 107<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</tablecell> 109</tablerow> 110</table> 111 112<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 113<tablerow> 114<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 115<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 116<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 </image></paragraph> 118<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 119</tablecell> 120<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 121<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Double square brackets</paragraph> 122<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</tablecell> 124</tablerow> 125</table> 126 127<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 128<tablerow> 129<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 130<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 131<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 </image></paragraph> 133<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 134</tablecell> 135<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 136<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 137<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</tablecell> 139</tablerow> 140</table> 141 142<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 143<tablerow> 144<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 145<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 146<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 </image></paragraph> 148<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 149</tablecell> 150<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 151<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 152<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</tablecell> 154</tablerow> 155</table> 156 157<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 158<tablerow> 159<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 161<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 </image></paragraph> 163<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 164</tablecell> 165<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 166<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 167<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</tablecell> 169</tablerow> 170</table> 171 172<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 173<tablerow> 174<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 175<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 176<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 </image></paragraph> 178<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 179</tablecell> 180<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 181<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Angle brackets</paragraph> 182<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</tablecell> 184</tablerow> 185</table> 186 187<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 188<tablerow> 189<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 191<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 </image></paragraph> 193<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 194</tablecell> 195<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Operator brackets</paragraph> 197<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</tablecell> 199</tablerow> 200</table> 201 202<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 203<tablerow> 204<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 205<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 206<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 </image></paragraph> 208<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 209</tablecell> 210<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 211<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Group brackets</paragraph> 212<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</tablecell> 214</tablerow> 215</table> 216 217<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 218<tablerow> 219<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 220<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 221<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 </image></paragraph> 223<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 224</tablecell> 225<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 226<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 227<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</tablecell> 229</tablerow> 230</table> 231 232<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 233<tablerow> 234<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 235<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 236<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 </image></paragraph> 238<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 239</tablecell> 240<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 241<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 242<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</tablecell> 244</tablerow> 245</table> 246 247<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 248<tablerow> 249<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 250<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 251<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 </image></paragraph> 253<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 254</tablecell> 255<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 256<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 257<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</tablecell> 259</tablerow> 260</table> 261 262<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 263<tablerow> 264<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 265<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 266<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 </image></paragraph> 268<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 269</tablecell> 270<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 271<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 272<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</tablecell> 274</tablerow> 275</table> 276 277<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 278<tablerow> 279<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 280<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 281<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 </image></paragraph> 283<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 284</tablecell> 285<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 286<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 287<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</tablecell> 289</tablerow> 290</table> 291 292<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 293<tablerow> 294<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 295<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 296<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 </image></paragraph> 298<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 299</tablecell> 300<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 301<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 302<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</tablecell> 304</tablerow> 305</table> 306 307<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 308<tablerow> 309<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 310<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 311<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 </image></paragraph> 313<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 314</tablecell> 315<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 316<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 317<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</tablecell> 319</tablerow> 320</table> 321 322<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 323<tablerow> 324<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 325<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 326<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 </image></paragraph> 328<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 329</tablecell> 330<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 331<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 332<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</tablecell> 334</tablerow> 335</table> 336 337<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 338<tablerow> 339<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 340<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 341<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 </image></paragraph> 343<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 344</tablecell> 345<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 346<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 347<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</tablecell> 349</tablerow> 350</table> 351 352<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 353<tablerow> 354<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 355<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 356<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 </image></paragraph> 358<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 359</tablecell> 360<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 361<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 362<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</tablecell> 364</tablerow> 365</table> 366 367<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 368<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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 370<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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 372<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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 374<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<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<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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 378<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 379<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 380<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 381<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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 383<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 384<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<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<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</body> 388</helpdocument> 389
