1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 352ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*8e9b354dSmseidel * 552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 652ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 752ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 852ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 952ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1052ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1152ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12*8e9b354dSmseidel * 1352ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14*8e9b354dSmseidel * 1552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1652ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1752ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1852ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1952ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2052ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21*8e9b354dSmseidel * 2252ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2352ac0773SAndrew Rist 24*8e9b354dSmseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguidetextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering Text</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/text.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155962"><bookmark_value>text strings; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>direct text; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting;text in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5676442" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="text"><link href="text/smath/guide/text.xhp" name="Entering Text">Entering Text</link> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id8509170" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">How to enter direct text strings that do not get interpreted?</paragraph> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id337229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Some text strings get interpreted as operators automatically. Sometimes this is not what you want. If you want to write W<emph>*</emph> (a letter with a superscripted asterisk), the asterisk will be interpreted as a multiplication operator. Enclose the direct text within double quotes or add spaceholders.</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples:<comment>collected from several issues: i78812, i9167, i21484, i25573</comment></paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">An imported MathType formula contains the following string</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id9413739" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{*} }</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id755943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you have set up Math to convert imported MathType formulas (in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - Load/Save - Microsoft Office), you see the formula with a placeholder instead of the asterisk.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5988952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Change {*} to {} * {} as in the following formula:</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3304544" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{} * {} }</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4941557" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can also use W^"*" to enter the character as direct text.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9961851" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Some formulas start with an = sign. Use "=" to enter that character as direct text.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/smath/guide/main.xhp#main"/> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 53