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The format options are displayed in the lower half of the Formula Elements window.</ahelp> These options 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.</paragraph> 62</section> 63<section id="howtoget"> 64<embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astasr"/> 65</section> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The following is a complete list of all available formatting options in $[officename] Math. The icon next to the formatting option indicates that it can be accessed through the Elements window (menu <emph>View - Elements</emph>) or through the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153536" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The letter "a" refers to the placeholder in your formula which you would like to assign to the respective formatting. You can substitute this character for any other you like.</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151104" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Formatting options</paragraph> 69<table id="tbl_id3154569"> 70<tablerow> 71<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1008B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 73<image id="img_id3150981" src="starmath/res/co21916.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150981" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 74</image></paragraph> 75<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LSUPX" id="bm_id3154473" localize="false"/></tablecell> 76<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 77<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147519" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Superscript left</paragraph> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>lsup{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80</tablerow> 81</table> 82<table id="tbl_id3155895"> 83<tablerow> 84<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 86<image id="img_id3149691" src="starmath/res/co21918.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149691" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 87</image></paragraph> 88<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_CSUPX" id="bm_id3146921" localize="false"/></tablecell> 89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Superscript top</paragraph> 91<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159195" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUPX">Inserts a superscript directly above a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>csup<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 92</tablecell> 93</tablerow> 94</table> 95<table id="tbl_id3149482"> 96<tablerow> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 99<image id="img_id3149097" src="starmath/res/co21908.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149097" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 100</image></paragraph> 101<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_RSUPX" id="bm_id3149821" localize="false"/></tablecell> 102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151249" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Superscript right</paragraph> 104<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>^{<?>}</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, or you can use <emph>rsup</emph> or <emph>sup</emph>.</paragraph> 105</tablecell> 106</tablerow> 107</table> 108<table id="tbl_id3154908"> 109<tablerow> 110<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 111<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1013E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 112<image id="img_id3149044" src="starmath/res/co21905.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149044" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 113</image></paragraph> 114<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_BINOMXY" id="bm_id3147575" localize="false"/></tablecell> 115<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 116<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Vertical stack (2 elements)</paragraph> 117<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_BINOMXY">Inserts a vertical stack (binomial) with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>binom<?><?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 118</tablecell> 119</tablerow> 120</table> 121<table id="tbl_id3147079"> 122<tablerow> 123<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 124<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10179" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 125<image id="img_id3154390" src="starmath/res/co21901.png" width="0.2228inch" height="0.2228inch"><alt id="alt_id3154390" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 126</image></paragraph> 127<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_NEWLINE" id="bm_id3151033" localize="false"/></tablecell> 128<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 129<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">New line</paragraph> 130<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_NEWLINE">Inserts a new line in your document.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>newline</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 131</tablecell> 132</tablerow> 133</table> 134<table id="tbl_id3154918"> 135<tablerow> 136<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 137<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101B2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 138<image id="img_id3155117" src="starmath/res/co21912.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155117" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 139</image></paragraph> 140<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LSUBX" id="bm_id3148751" localize="false"/></tablecell> 141<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 142<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3148760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Subscript left</paragraph> 143<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147309" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>lsub{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 144</tablecell> 145</tablerow> 146</table> 147<table id="tbl_id3151384"> 148<tablerow> 149<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 150<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 151<image id="img_id3149544" src="starmath/res/co21917.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149544" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 152</image></paragraph> 153<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_CSUBX" id="bm_id3150119" localize="false"/></tablecell> 154<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 155<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150687" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Subscript bottom</paragraph> 156<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUBX">Inserts a subscript directly under a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>csub<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 157</tablecell> 158</tablerow> 159</table> 160<table id="tbl_id3147624"> 161<tablerow> 162<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 163<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 164<image id="img_id3145265" src="starmath/res/co21904.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3145265" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 165</image></paragraph> 166<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_RSUBX" id="bm_id3145126" localize="false"/></tablecell> 167<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 168<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Subscript right</paragraph> 169<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>_{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, and the subscript dash can be replaced by <emph>rsub</emph> or <emph>sub</emph>.</paragraph> 170</tablecell> 171</tablerow> 172</table> 173<table id="tbl_id3150558"> 174<tablerow> 175<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 176<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 177<image id="img_id3149220" src="starmath/res/co21906.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149220" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 178</image></paragraph> 179<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_STACK" id="bm_id3147107" localize="false"/></tablecell> 180<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 181<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Vertical stack (3 elements)</paragraph> 182<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146332" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_STACK">Inserts a vertical stack with three placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>stack {<?>#<?>#<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 183</tablecell> 184</tablerow> 185</table> 186<table id="tbl_id3147608"> 187<tablerow> 188<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 189<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 190<image id="img_id3149848" src="starmath/res/co21902.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149848" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 191</image></paragraph> 192<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SBLANK" id="bm_id3155563" localize="false"/></tablecell> 193<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 194<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155572" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Small gap</paragraph> 195<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147056" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_SBLANK">Inserts a small gap between a placeholder and the next element.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>`</emph> directly in the Commands window. The command must appear to the left or right of a symbol, variable, number or complete command.</paragraph> 196</tablecell> 197</tablerow> 198</table> 199<table id="tbl_id3154778"> 200<tablerow> 201<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 202<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102DC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 203<image id="img_id3154094" src="starmath/res/co21909.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3154094" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 204</image></paragraph> 205<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNLX" id="bm_id3153801" localize="false"/></tablecell> 206<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 207<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Align left</paragraph> 208<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNLX">This icon assigns left-alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can type <emph>alignl<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 209</tablecell> 210</tablerow> 211</table> 212<table id="tbl_id3151117"> 213<tablerow> 214<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 215<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 216<image id="img_id3156130" src="starmath/res/co21910.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3156130" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 217</image></paragraph> 218<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNCX" id="bm_id3154714" localize="false"/></tablecell> 219<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 220<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Align to horizontal center</paragraph> 221<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNCX">Assigns horizontal central alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignc<?></emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 222</tablecell> 223</tablerow> 224</table> 225<table id="tbl_id3150461"> 226<tablerow> 227<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 228<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 229<image id="img_id3155583" src="starmath/res/co21911.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155583" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 230</image></paragraph> 231<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_ALIGNRX" id="bm_id3151209" localize="false"/></tablecell> 232<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 233<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Align right</paragraph> 234<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNRX">Inserts the command for right alignment and a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignr<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 235</tablecell> 236</tablerow> 237</table> 238<table id="tbl_id3149237"> 239<tablerow> 240<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 241<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1038D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 242<image id="img_id3155085" src="starmath/res/co21907.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155085" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 243</image></paragraph> 244<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_MATRIX" id="bm_id3154328" localize="false"/></tablecell> 245<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 246<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154338" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Matrix stack</paragraph> 247<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_MATRIX">This icon inserts a matrix with four placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>matrix{<?>#<?>##<?>#<?>}</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The position of an element inside this diagram is indicated by two coordinates; the first specifies the line number and the second the column number. You can expand this matrix in any direction in the <emph>Commands</emph> window by adding characters.</paragraph> 248</tablecell> 249</tablerow> 250</table> 251<table id="tbl_id3148795"> 252<tablerow> 253<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 254<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103C9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 255<image id="img_id3150027" src="starmath/res/co21903.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150027" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 256</image></paragraph> 257<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_BLANK" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/></tablecell> 258<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 259<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149358" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Gap</paragraph> 260<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_BLANK">This icon inserts a gap or space between placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>~</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window. The command must appear to the left or right of a symbol, variable, number or complete command.</paragraph> 261</tablecell> 262</tablerow> 263</table> 264<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">For alignment, the <emph>alignl, alignc</emph> and <emph>alignr</emph> commands are especially effective, if you are</paragraph> 265<list type="unordered"> 266<listitem> 267<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151009" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">aligning numerators and denominators, for example <emph>{alignl a}over{b+c}</emph> 268</paragraph> 269</listitem> 270<listitem> 271<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">constructing binomials or stacks, for example <emph>binom{2*n}{alignr k}</emph> 272</paragraph> 273</listitem> 274<listitem> 275<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">aligning the elements in a matrix, for example <emph>matrix{alignr a#b+2##c+1/3#alignl d}</emph> and</paragraph> 276</listitem> 277<listitem> 278<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">beginning a new line, for example <emph>a+b-c newline alignr x/y</emph> 279</paragraph> 280</listitem> 281</list> 282<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">When using the align instructions, note that</paragraph> 283<list type="unordered"> 284<listitem> 285<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">they can only placed at the beginning of expressions and can only occur once. Therefore you can type <emph>a+b alignr c</emph>, but not <emph>a+alignr b</emph> 286</paragraph> 287</listitem> 288<listitem> 289<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154004" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">they affect each other, which means that typing <emph>{alignl{alignr a}}over{b+c}</emph> aligns <emph>a</emph> on the right.</paragraph> 290</listitem> 291</list> 292<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id8036133" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To align using the "matrix" command</paragraph> 293<paragraph role="code" id="par_id5398419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">matrix{</paragraph> 294<paragraph role="code" id="par_id1456343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr sin^2 x + cos^2 x#{}={}#alignl 1 ##</paragraph> 295<paragraph role="code" id="par_id4572588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr cos^2 x #{}={} #alignl 1 - sin^2 x</paragraph> 296<paragraph role="code" id="par_id2879726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">}</paragraph> 297<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10F70" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Aligning to the left</paragraph> 298<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">If a line or an expression begins with text, it is aligned on the left by default. You can change this with any of the <emph>align</emph> commands. An example is <emph>stack{a+b-c*d#alignr "text"}</emph>, where "text" appears aligned to the right. Note that text must always be surrounded by quotation marks.</paragraph> 299<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The standard centralized formulas can be aligned to the left without using the <emph>Format - Alignment</emph> menu. To do this, place an empty character string, that is, the inverted commas which surround any text "", before the section of formula that you want to align. For example, typing <emph>"" a+b newline "" c+d</emph> results in both equations being left-aligned instead of centered.</paragraph> 300<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145654" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">When typing information in the Commands window, note that some formats require spaces for the correct structure. This is especially true when entering values (for example, a lsup{3}) instead of placeholders.</paragraph> 301<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148708" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Click <link href="text/smath/01/03091100.xhp" name="Brackets and Grouping">Brackets and Grouping</link> for more information about formatting in <emph>$[officename] Math</emph>.</paragraph> 302<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155340" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Useful information about <link href="text/smath/01/03091200.xhp" name="Indexes and Exponents">Indexes and Exponents</link> and <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="Scaling">Scaling</link>, helps you organize your document in the best possible way.</paragraph> 303</body> 304</helpdocument> 305
