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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> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 71e3a3b635Smseidel<embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154264" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">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> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Bracket types</paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 80e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151102" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><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> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 94e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Square brackets</paragraph> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150356" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32"><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> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 108e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Double square brackets</paragraph> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51"><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> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 122e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 127a893be29SPedro Giffuni<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147101" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36"><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> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 136e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"><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> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 150e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149175" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"><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> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 164e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Angle brackets</paragraph> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34"><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> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 178e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Operator brackets</paragraph> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47"><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> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 192e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Group brackets</paragraph> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRGROUPX">Inserts group brackets.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>{<?>}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 198cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 201cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 202cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 206e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 207cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 211cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><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> 212cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 217cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 218cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 220e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 223cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148438" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><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> 226cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 231cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 234e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 236cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 237cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 238cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 239cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150161" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53"><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> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 241cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 242cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 244cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 246cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 247cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 248e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 250cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 252cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 253cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154724" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><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> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 255cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 256cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 257cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 258cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 260cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 261cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 262e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 263cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 265cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 266cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145634" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><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> 268cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 271cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 272cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 274cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 275cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 276e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 277cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 278cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 279cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 280cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 281cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146950" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><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> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 283cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 284cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 285cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 286cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 288cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 289cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 290e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 292cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 294cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 295cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><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> 296cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 298cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 300cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 301cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 302cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 303cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 304e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 305cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 306cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 307cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 308cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 309cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155388" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49"><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> 310cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 311cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 312cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 313cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 314cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 315cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 316cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 317cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 318e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 319cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 320cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 321cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 322cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 323cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55"><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> 324cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 325cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 326cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 327cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 328cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 329cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 330cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 331cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 332e3a3b635Smseidel</image></paragraph> 333cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 334cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 335cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 336cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 337cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154023" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57"><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> 338cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 339cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 340cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 341cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 342cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRFLOORX">To insert floor brackets, type <emph>lfloor<?>rfloor</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 343cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 344cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRCEILX">To insert ceiling brackets, type <emph>lceil<?>rceil</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</ahelp></paragraph> 345cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 346cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149623" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45"><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> 347cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 348cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145668" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46"><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> 349cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3149208" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">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> 350cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150857" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">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> 351cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 352cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 353cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 354cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 355cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For scaled brackets use <emph>none</emph> as the bracket name</paragraph> 356cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 357cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 358cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 359cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145107" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">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> 360cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153198" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">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> 361cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 362cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 363
