1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsmathguidetextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering Text</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/smath/guide/text.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155962"><bookmark_value>text strings; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>direct text; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>inserting;text in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples:<comment>collected from several issues: i78812, i9167, i21484, i25573</comment></paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">An imported MathType formula contains the following string</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id9413739" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{*} }</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5988952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Change {*} to {} * {} as in the following formula:</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3304544" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{} * {} }</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/smath/guide/main.xhp#main"/> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 58