1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!--*********************************************************************** 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22*cdf0e10cSrcweir * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 24*cdf0e10cSrcweir * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25*cdf0e10cSrcweir * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************--> 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguidebracketsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Merging Formula Parts in Brackets</title> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp</filename> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<history> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2005-09-05T15:28:27">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152596"><bookmark_value>brackets; merging formula parts</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formula parts; merging</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>fractions in formulas</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>merging;formula parts</bookmark_value> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154511" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">Inserting fractions into formulas</paragraph> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Use the following syntax:</paragraph> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3083280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">{a + c} over 2 = m</paragraph> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154703" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">or</paragraph> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150297" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">m = {a + c} over 2</paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/smath/guide/parentheses.xhp#parentheses"/> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 61