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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> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/smath/00/00000004.xhp#astofm"/> 83*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154277" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Bracket types</paragraph> 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150710"> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 90*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 91*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRPARENTX" id="bm_id3153536" localize="false"/> 93*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 94*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153778" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Round brackets (parentheses)</paragraph> 96*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 97*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 98*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 99*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 100*cdf0e10cSrcweir 101*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150971"> 102*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 103*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 104*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100BF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 105*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 106*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 107*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151309" localize="false"/> 108*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 109*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 110*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Square brackets</paragraph> 111*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 112*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 113*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 114*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 115*cdf0e10cSrcweir 116*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149696"> 117*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 118*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 119*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 120*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 121*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 122*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3151331" localize="false"/> 123*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 124*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 125*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149300" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Double square brackets</paragraph> 126*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 127*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 128*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 129*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 130*cdf0e10cSrcweir 131*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149095"> 132*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 133*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 134*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 135*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 136*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 137*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRBRACEX" id="bm_id3149790" localize="false"/> 138*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 139*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 140*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Braces (curly brackets)</paragraph> 141*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147101" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LRBRACEX">Inserts a placeholder withing braces (curly brackets).</ahelp> You can also type <emph>lbrace<?>rbrace</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph> 142*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 143*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 144*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 145*cdf0e10cSrcweir 146*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3149035"> 147*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 148*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 149*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1016C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 150*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 151*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 152*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRLINEX" id="bm_id3147327" localize="false"/> 153*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 154*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 155*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147336" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Single vertical bars</paragraph> 156*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 157*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 158*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 159*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 160*cdf0e10cSrcweir 161*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147130"> 162*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 163*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 164*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101A5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 165*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 166*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 167*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRDLINEX" id="bm_id3151029" localize="false"/> 168*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 169*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 170*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151039" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Double vertical bars</paragraph> 171*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 172*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 173*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 174*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 175*cdf0e10cSrcweir 176*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148755"> 177*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 178*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 179*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101DE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 180*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 181*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 182*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRANGLEX" id="bm_id3147305" localize="false"/> 183*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 184*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 185*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Angle brackets</paragraph> 186*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 187*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 188*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 189*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 190*cdf0e10cSrcweir 191*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151385"> 192*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 193*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 194*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 195*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 196*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 197*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3150696" localize="false"/> 198*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 199*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 200*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Operator brackets</paragraph> 201*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 202*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 203*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 204*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 205*cdf0e10cSrcweir 206*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147503"> 207*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 208*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 209*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 210*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 211*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 212*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRGROUPX" id="bm_id3146911" localize="false"/> 213*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 214*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 215*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155964" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Group brackets</paragraph> 216*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 217*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 218*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 219*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 220*cdf0e10cSrcweir 221*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3156223"> 222*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 223*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 224*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1028E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 225*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 226*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 227*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRPARENTX" id="bm_id3147120" localize="false"/> 228*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 229*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 230*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Round brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 231*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 232*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 233*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 234*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 235*cdf0e10cSrcweir 236*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147465"> 237*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 238*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 239*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102CC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 240*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 241*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 242*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACKETX" id="bm_id3155560" localize="false"/> 243*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 244*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 245*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 246*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 247*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 248*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 249*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 250*cdf0e10cSrcweir 251*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3154787"> 252*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 253*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 254*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 255*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 256*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 257*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDBRACKETX" id="bm_id3154579" localize="false"/> 258*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 259*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 260*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154589" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Double square brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 261*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 262*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 263*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 264*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 265*cdf0e10cSrcweir 266*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3153304"> 267*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 268*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 269*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10342" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 270*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 271*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 272*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRBRACEX" id="bm_id3145343" localize="false"/> 273*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 274*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 275*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Braces (scalable)</paragraph> 276*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 277*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 278*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 279*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 280*cdf0e10cSrcweir 281*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3150454"> 282*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 283*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 284*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1037E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 285*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 286*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 287*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRLINEX" id="bm_id3150915" localize="false"/> 288*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 289*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 290*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Single vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 291*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 292*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 293*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 294*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 295*cdf0e10cSrcweir 296*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3155085"> 297*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 298*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 299*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 300*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 301*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 302*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRDLINEX" id="bm_id3154338" localize="false"/> 303*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 304*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 305*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Double vertical bars (scalable)</paragraph> 306*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 307*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 308*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 309*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 310*cdf0e10cSrcweir 311*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148793"> 312*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 313*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 314*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103F0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 315*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 316*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 317*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRANGLEX" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/> 318*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 319*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 320*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Angle brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 321*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 322*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 323*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 324*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 325*cdf0e10cSrcweir 326*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147244"> 327*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 328*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 329*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10429" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 330*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 331*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 332*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLMRANGLEXY" id="bm_id3153130" localize="false"/> 333*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 334*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 335*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Operator brackets (scalable)</paragraph> 336*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 337*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 338*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 339*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 340*cdf0e10cSrcweir 341*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148818"> 342*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 343*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 344*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10464" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 345*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 346*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 347*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XOVERBRACEY" id="bm_id3155945" localize="false"/> 348*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 349*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 350*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Brace top (scalable)</paragraph> 351*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 352*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 353*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 354*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 355*cdf0e10cSrcweir 356*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3147389"> 357*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 358*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 359*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN104A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F"> 360*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 361*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 362*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_XUNDERBRACEY" id="bm_id3150664" localize="false"/> 363*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 364*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 365*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">Brace bottom (scalable)</paragraph> 366*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 367*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 368*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 369*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 370*cdf0e10cSrcweir 371*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRFLOORX" id="bm_id3149965" localize="false"/> 372*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 373*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_LRCEILX" id="bm_id3150604" localize="false"/> 374*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 375*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRFLOORX" id="bm_id3150777" localize="false"/> 376*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 377*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/STARMATH_HID_SMA_SLRCEILX" id="bm_id3148711" localize="false"/> 378*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 379*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 380*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 381*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Examples of single brackets</paragraph> 382*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For non-scaled brackets:</paragraph> 383*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = \{ \( \[ b newline</paragraph> 384*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113EE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">{} + c \] \) \ }</paragraph> 385*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For scaled brackets use <emph>none</emph> as the bracket name</paragraph> 386*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a = left ( a over b right none newline</paragraph> 387*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN113FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">left none phantom {a over b} + c right )</paragraph> 388*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 389*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 390*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 391*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 392*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 393
