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Unary refers to operators that affect one placeholder. Binary refers to operators that connect two placeholders. The lower area of the Elements window displays the individual operators.</ahelp> The <link href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#kontextmenue" name="context menu">context menu</link> of the <emph>Commands</emph> window also contains a list of these operators, as well as additional operators. If you need an operator that is not contained in the Elements window, use the context menu or type it directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astuop"/> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146963" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The following is a complete list of the unary and binary operators. The symbol next to the operator indicates that it can be accessed through the Elements window (choose <emph>View - Elements</emph>) or through the context menu of the Commands window.</paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147405" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Unary and Binary Operators</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150392" class="topalign"> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10085" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3156399" src="starmath/res/un21201.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3156399" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_PLUSX" id="bm_id3157872" localize="false"/> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154555" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Plus</paragraph> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153003" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_PLUSX">Inserts a <emph>plus</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>+ <?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3145244" class="topalign"> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3148776" src="starmath/res/un21202.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148776" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_MINUSX" id="bm_id3155374" localize="false"/> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155991" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Minus</paragraph> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_MINUSX">Inserts a <emph>minus</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>-<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir 106cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151264" class="topalign"> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100FD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3150757" src="starmath/res/un21203.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150757" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_PLUSMINUSX" id="bm_id3153623" localize="false"/> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153150" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Plus/Minus</paragraph> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_PLUSMINUSX">Inserts a <emph>plus/minus</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>+-<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir 121cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151171" class="topalign"> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3145410" src="starmath/res/un21204.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3145410" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_MINUSPLUSX" id="bm_id3153573" localize="false"/> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153582" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Minus/Plus</paragraph> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_MINUSPLUSX">Inserts a <emph>minus/plus</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>-+<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir 136cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3154609" class="topalign"> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3151098" src="starmath/res/un21205.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3151098" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XPLUSY" id="bm_id3154571" localize="false"/> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Addition (plus)</paragraph> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150351" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XPLUSY">Inserts a <emph>plus</emph> with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>+<?></emph> in the Commands window.</paragraph> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir 151cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151308" class="topalign"> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101B0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3155898" src="starmath/res/un21206.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155898" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XCDOTY" id="bm_id3149334" localize="false"/> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Multiplication (dot)</paragraph> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154196" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XCDOTY">Inserts a dot operator with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>cdot<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir 166cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151332" class="topalign"> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101E9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3149308" src="starmath/res/un21207.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149308" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XTIMESY" id="bm_id3151248" localize="false"/> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Multiplication (x)</paragraph> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149821" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XTIMESY">Inserts an 'x' <emph>multiplication</emph> with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>times<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 178cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149797" class="topalign"> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3148982" src="starmath/res/un21208.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148982" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XSYMTIMESY" id="bm_id3159477" localize="false"/> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3159486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Multiplication (*)</paragraph> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149040" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XSYMTIMESY">Inserts an asterisk multiplication sign with two placeholders. </ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>*<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 192cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir 196cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3152771" class="topalign"> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 198cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1025F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3155140" src="starmath/res/un21209.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3155140" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 201cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 202cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XMINUSY" id="bm_id3147078" localize="false"/> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Subtraction</paragraph> 206cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XMINUSY">Inserts a subtraction sign with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>-<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 207cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir 211cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150580" class="topalign"> 212cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3149168" src="starmath/res/un21210.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3149168" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 217cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERY" id="bm_id3154916" localize="false"/> 218cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 220cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154926" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Division (Fraction)</paragraph> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XOVERY">Inserts a fraction with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>over<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 223cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir 226cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147304" class="topalign"> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102D1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3148765" src="starmath/res/un21211.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148765" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 231cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XDIVY" id="bm_id3155910" localize="false"/> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 234cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Division</paragraph> 236cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149536" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XDIVY">Inserts a division sign with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>div<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 237cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 238cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 239cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir 241cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150120" class="topalign"> 242cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 244cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1030A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3147418" src="starmath/res/un21212.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3147418" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 246cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 247cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XSYMDIVIDEY" id="bm_id3147619" localize="false"/> 248cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 250cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147487" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Division (Slash)</paragraph> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147500" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XSYMDIVIDEY">Inserts a slash '/' with two placeholders. </ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>/<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 252cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 253cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 255cdf0e10cSrcweir 256cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3145257" class="topalign"> 257cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 258cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 260cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3149566" src="starmath/res/un21213.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3149566" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 261cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 262cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_NEGX" id="bm_id3150557" localize="false"/> 263cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 265cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153493" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Boolean NOT</paragraph> 266cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153505" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_NEGX">Inserts a <emph>Boolean NOT</emph> with one placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>neg<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 268cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir 271cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3146327" class="topalign"> 272cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 274cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 275cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3147116" src="starmath/res/un21214.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3147116" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 276cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 277cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XANDY" id="bm_id3149837" localize="false"/> 278cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 279cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 280cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149847" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Boolean AND</paragraph> 281cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147599" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XANDY">Inserts a <emph>Boolean AND</emph> with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>and<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 283cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 284cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 285cdf0e10cSrcweir 286cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155572" class="topalign"> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 288cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 289cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103C3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 290cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3148440" src="starmath/res/un21215.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3148440" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 292cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XORY" id="bm_id3151077" localize="false"/> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 294cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 295cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151086" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Boolean OR</paragraph> 296cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154076" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XORY">Inserts a <emph>Boolean OR</emph> with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph><?>or<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 298cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 300cdf0e10cSrcweir 301cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3154582" class="topalign"> 302cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 303cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 304cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10403" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 305cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3150173" src="starmath/res/un21221.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3150173" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 306cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 307cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XCIRCY" id="bm_id3151120" localize="false"/> 308cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 309cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 310cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151129" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Concatenate</paragraph> 311cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156102" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XCIRCY">Inserts a <emph>concatenation sign</emph> with two placeholders. </ahelp> You can also type <emph>circ</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 312cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 313cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 314cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 315cdf0e10cSrcweir 316cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">You can also insert user-defined unary operators by typing <emph>uoper</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, followed by the syntax for the character. This function is useful for incorporating special characters into a formula. For example, the command <emph>uoper %theta x</emph> produces a small Greek letter theta (a component of the <emph>$[officename] Math</emph> character set). You can also insert characters not in the $[officename] character set by choosing <emph>Tools - Catalog - Edit</emph>.</paragraph> 317cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154725" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="31"> You can also insert user-defined binary commands by typing <emph>boper</emph> into the <emph>Commands</emph> window. For example, the command <emph>y boper %theta x</emph> produces the small Greek letter theta preceded by a <emph>y</emph> and followed by an <emph>x</emph>. You can also insert characters not in the $[officename] character set by choosing <emph>Tools - Catalog - Edit</emph>.</paragraph> 318cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150906" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">By typing <emph><?>oplus<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, you insert a <emph>circled plus operator</emph> in your document.</paragraph> 319cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151197" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Type <emph><?>ominus<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window to insert a <emph>circled minus operator</emph>.</paragraph> 320cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155082" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Type <emph><?>odot<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window to insert a <emph>circled dot operator</emph> in the formula.</paragraph> 321cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154331" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Type <emph><?>odivide<?></emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window to insert a <emph>circled division operator</emph> in the formula.</paragraph> 322cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XWIDESLASHY" id="bm_id3150101" localize="false"/> 323cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XWIDESLASHY">Type <emph>a wideslash b</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window to produce two characters with a slash (from lower left to upper right) between them.</ahelp> The characters are set such that everything to the left of the slash is up, and everything to the right is down. This command is also available in the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 324cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XWIDEBSLASHY" id="bm_id3150035" localize="false"/> 325cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150024" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_XWIDEBSLASHY">Type <emph>a widebslash b</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window to produce two characters with a slash (from upper left to lower right) between them.</ahelp> The characters are set such that everything to the left of the slash is down, and everything to the right is up. This command is also available in the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 326cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149376" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Type <emph>sub</emph> or <emph>sup</emph> in the Commands window to add indexes and powers to the characters in your formula; for example, a sub 2.</paragraph> 327cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3155383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">If you want to use a colon ':' as division sign, choose <emph>Tools - Catalog</emph> or click the <emph>Catalog</emph> icon on the Tools bar. Click the <emph>Edit</emph> button in the dialog that appears, then select the <emph>Special</emph> symbol set. Enter a meaningful name next to <emph>Symbol</emph>, for example, "divide" and then click the colon in the set of symbols. Click <emph>Add</emph> and then <emph>OK</emph>. Click <emph>OK</emph> to close the <emph>Symbols</emph> dialog,too. Now you can use the new symbol, in this case the colon, by entering its name in the Commands window, for example, <emph>a %divide b = c</emph>.</paragraph> 328cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3147398" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">When entering information manually in the Commands window, please note that a number of operators require spaces between the elements for the correct structure. This is especially true if you are using values instead of placeholders in your operators, for example, to construct a division 4 div 3 or a div b.</paragraph> 329cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 330cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 331
