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Bracket types are displayed in the lower part of the Elements window.</ahelp> These brackets are also listed in the <link href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#kontextmenue" name="context menu">context menu</link> of the <emph>Commands</emph> window. All brackets that are not contained in the Elements window or in the context menu can be typed manually in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 70</section> 71<section id="howtoget"> 72<embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 73</section> 74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154264" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The following is a complete list of all available bracket types. The icon next to the bracket type indicates that it can be accessed through the Elements window (menu View - Elements) or through the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 75<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Bracket types</paragraph> 76<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 77<tablerow> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 80<image id="img_id3149801" src="starmath/res/al21801.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149801" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 81</image></paragraph> 82<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 83</tablecell> 84<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151102" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRPARENTX">Inserts a placeholder within normal round brackets (parentheses).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>(<?>)</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 87</tablecell> 88</tablerow> 89</table> 90<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 91<tablerow> 92<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 93<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 94<image id="img_id3158440" src="starmath/res/al21802.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3158440" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 95</image></paragraph> 96<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 97</tablecell> 98<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Square brackets</paragraph> 100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150356" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX">Inserts a placeholder within square brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>[<?>]</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 101</tablecell> 102</tablerow> 103</table> 104<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 105<tablerow> 106<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 107<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 108<image id="img_id3146923" src="starmath/res/al21823.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 109</image></paragraph> 110<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 111</tablecell> 112<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 113<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double square brackets</paragraph> 114<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX">Inserts a placeholder within double square brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>ldbracket <?> rdbracket</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 115</tablecell> 116</tablerow> 117</table> 118<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 119<tablerow> 120<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 121<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 122<image id="img_id3149815" src="starmath/res/al21804.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149815" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 123</image></paragraph> 124<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 125</tablecell> 126<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 127<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 128<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147101" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACEX">Inserts a placeholder within braces (curly brackets).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lbrace<?>rbrace</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 129</tablecell> 130</tablerow> 131</table> 132<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 133<tablerow> 134<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 135<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 136<image id="img_id3148736" src="starmath/res/al21805.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3148736" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 137</image></paragraph> 138<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 139</tablecell> 140<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 141<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 142<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRLINEX">Inserts a placeholder within vertical bars.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lline <?> rline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 143</tablecell> 144</tablerow> 145</table> 146<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 147<tablerow> 148<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 149<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 150<image id="img_id3153350" src="starmath/res/al21806.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153350" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 151</image></paragraph> 152<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 153</tablecell> 154<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 155<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 156<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRDLINEX">Inserts a placeholder within double vertical bars.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>ldline <?> rdline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 157</tablecell> 158</tablerow> 159</table> 160<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 161<tablerow> 162<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 163<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 164<image id="img_id3155118" src="starmath/res/al21803.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3155118" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 165</image></paragraph> 166<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 167</tablecell> 168<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 169<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Angle brackets</paragraph> 170<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRANGLEX">Inserts a placeholder within angle brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>langle <?> rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 171</tablecell> 172</tablerow> 173</table> 174<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 175<tablerow> 176<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 177<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 178<image id="img_id3155867" src="starmath/res/al21821.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3155867" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 179</image></paragraph> 180<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 181</tablecell> 182<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 183<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Operator brackets</paragraph> 184<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY">Inserts a placeholder within operator brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>langle <?> mline <?> rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 185</tablecell> 186</tablerow> 187</table> 188<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 189<tablerow> 190<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 191<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 192<image id="img_id3149561" src="starmath/res/al21808.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 193</image></paragraph> 194<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 195</tablecell> 196<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 197<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Group brackets</paragraph> 198<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRGROUPX">Inserts group brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 199</tablecell> 200</tablerow> 201</table> 202<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 203<tablerow> 204<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 205<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 206<image id="img_id3147733" src="starmath/res/al21809.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3147733" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 207</image></paragraph> 208<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 209</tablecell> 210<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 211<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 212<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX">Inserts <emph>scalable rounded brackets</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left(<?> right)</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 213</tablecell> 214</tablerow> 215</table> 216<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 217<tablerow> 218<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 219<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 220<image id="img_id3148852" src="starmath/res/al21810.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148852" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 221</image></paragraph> 222<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 223</tablecell> 224<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 225<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 226<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148438" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX">Inserts scalable square brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left[<?> right]</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 227</tablecell> 228</tablerow> 229</table> 230<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 231<tablerow> 232<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 233<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 234<image id="img_id3153794" src="starmath/res/al21824.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153794" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 235</image></paragraph> 236<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 237</tablecell> 238<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 239<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 240<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150161" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX">Inserts scalable double square brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left ldbracket <?> right rdbracket</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 241</tablecell> 242</tablerow> 243</table> 244<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 245<tablerow> 246<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 247<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 248<image id="img_id3153972" src="starmath/res/al21812.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3153972" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 249</image></paragraph> 250<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 251</tablecell> 252<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 253<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 254<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154724" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX">Inserts scalable braces with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left lbrace <?> right rbrace</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the braces is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 255</tablecell> 256</tablerow> 257</table> 258<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 259<tablerow> 260<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 261<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 262<image id="img_id3155598" src="starmath/res/al21813.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155598" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 263</image></paragraph> 264<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 265</tablecell> 266<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 267<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 268<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145634" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRLINEX">Inserts scalable single vertical bars with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left lline <?> right rline</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 269</tablecell> 270</tablerow> 271</table> 272<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 273<tablerow> 274<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 275<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 276<image id="img_id3153223" src="starmath/res/al21814.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3153223" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 277</image></paragraph> 278<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 279</tablecell> 280<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 281<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 282<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146950" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX">Inserts scalable double vertical bars with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left ldline <?> right rdline</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 283</tablecell> 284</tablerow> 285</table> 286<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 287<tablerow> 288<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 289<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 290<image id="img_id3150026" src="starmath/res/al21811.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150026" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 291</image></paragraph> 292<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 293</tablecell> 294<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 295<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 296<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX">Inserts scalable angle brackets with a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left langle <?> right rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The size of the brackets is automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 297</tablecell> 298</tablerow> 299</table> 300<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 301<tablerow> 302<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 303<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 304<image id="img_id3154235" src="starmath/res/al21822.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3154235" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 305</image></paragraph> 306<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 307</tablecell> 308<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 309<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 310<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY">Inserts scalable operator brackets with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>left langle <?> mline <?> right rangle</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 311</tablecell> 312</tablerow> 313</table> 314<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 315<tablerow> 316<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 317<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 318<image id="img_id3154349" src="starmath/res/al21825.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3154349" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 319</image></paragraph> 320<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 321</tablecell> 322<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 323<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 324<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY">Inserts a scalable horizontal upper brace with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also enter <emph><?> overbrace <?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 325</tablecell> 326</tablerow> 327</table> 328<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 329<tablerow> 330<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 331<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 332<image id="img_id3149646" src="starmath/res/al21826.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149646" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 333</image></paragraph> 334<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 335</tablecell> 336<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 337<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 338<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154023" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY">Inserts a scalable horizontal lower brace with placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?> underbrace <?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The bracket size is adjusted automatically.</paragraph> 339</tablecell> 340</tablerow> 341</table> 342<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 343<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRFLOORX">To insert floor brackets, type <emph>lfloor<?>rfloor</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 344<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 345<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRCEILX">To insert ceiling brackets, type <emph>lceil<?>rceil</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 346<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 347<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149623" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX">To insert scalable floor brackets, type <emph>left lfloor<?>right rfloor</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 348<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 349<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SLRCEILX">To insert scalable ceiling brackets, type <emph>left lceil<?>right rceil</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 350<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3149208" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Brackets are automatically sized when you type <emph>left</emph> and <emph>right</emph> in front of the bracket command, for example, <emph>left(a over b right)</emph>. You can also set the size and spacing of brackets by choosing <emph>Format - Spacing - Category - Brackets</emph> and setting the desired percentages. Mark the <emph>Scale all brackets</emph> check box to apply the changes to all brackets in the formula.</paragraph> 351<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150857" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">You can also use single brackets. To do this, type a backslash <emph>\</emph> in front of the command. For example, when you type <emph>\[</emph>, the left square bracket appears without its counterpart. This is useful for creating reverse brackets or for constructing intervals. Note that only non-scalable brackets can be used individually. To change the size, use the <emph>size</emph> command.</paragraph> 352<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 353<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 354<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 355<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 356<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For scaled brackets use <emph>none</emph> as the bracket name</paragraph> 357<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 358<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 359<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN11404" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <emph>phantom</emph> statement ensures that the last bracket is the correct size.</paragraph> 360<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145107" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Be sure to put spaces (gaps) between elements when entering them directly in the Commands window. This ensures that the correct structure is recognized.</paragraph> 361<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153198" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Useful information about <link href="text/smath/01/03091200.xhp" name="indexes and exponents">indexes and exponents</link> as well as <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="scaling">scaling</link> helps you structure formulas effectively. For more information about brackets, see <link href="text/smath/01/03091100.xhp" name="Brackets and Groups">Brackets and Grouping</link>.</paragraph> 362</body> 363</helpdocument> 364
