1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsmathguidebracketsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</title> 35<filename>/text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2005-09-05T15:28:27">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152596"><bookmark_value>brackets; merging formula parts</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>formula parts; merging</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>fractions in formulas</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>merging;formula parts</bookmark_value> 47</bookmark> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp" name="Merging Formula Parts in Brackets">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</link> 49</variable></paragraph> 50<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154511" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">Inserting fractions into formulas</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146971" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">In the case of a fraction whose numerator and denominator consist of a product, a sum, and so on, the values that belong together must be bracketed together.</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Use the following syntax:</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3083280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">{a + c} over 2 = m</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154703" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">or</paragraph> 55<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">m = {a + c} over 2</paragraph> 56<section id="relatedtopics"> 57<embed href="text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp#parentheses"/> 58</section> 59</body> 60</helpdocument> 61