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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Changing Default Attributes</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2005-09-05T15:19:39">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145792"><bookmark_value>attributes; changing in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>font attributes;changing defaults</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>formatting;changing default attributes</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145792" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="attributes"><link href="text/smath/guide/attributes.xhp" name="Changing Default Attributes">Changing Default Attributes</link>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154484" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">Can default formats in $[officename] Math be modified?</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Some parts of formulas are always formatted bold or italic by default.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150210" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">You can remove these attributes using "nbold" and "nitalic". Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3143231" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">a + b</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153810" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">nitalic a + bold b.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149872" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">In the second formula, the a is not italic. The b is bold. You cannot change the plus sign by this method.</paragraph>
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