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37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsmathguidetextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering Text</title>
39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/smath/guide/text.xhp</filename>
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43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155962"><bookmark_value>text strings; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>direct text; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting;text in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
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47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples:<comment>collected from several issues: i78812, i9167,  i21484, i25573</comment></paragraph>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id521866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">An imported MathType formula contains the following string</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id9413739" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{*} }</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5988952" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Change {*} to {} * {} as in the following formula:</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3304544" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">W rSup { size 8{} * {} }</paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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