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diff --git a/source/text/smath/guide/align.xhp b/source/text/smath/guide/align.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..10387acf1a --- /dev/null +++ b/source/text/smath/guide/align.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> + + +<!--*********************************************************************** + * + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + * + * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite + * + * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. + * + * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 + * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details + * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see + * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> + * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. + * + ************************************************************************--> + +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textsmathguidealignxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Manually Aligning Formula Parts</title> +<filename>/text/smath/guide/align.xhp</filename> +</topic> +<history> +<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> +<lastedited date="2005-02-18T16:07:25">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> +</history> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156384"><bookmark_value>aligning; characters in %PRODUCTNAME Math</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>formula parts; manually aligning</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156384" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="align"><link href="text/smath/guide/align.xhp" name="Manually Aligning Formula Parts">Manually Aligning Formula Parts</link> +</variable></paragraph> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154657" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">How do you align characters in $[officename] Math quickly and easily?</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150249" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">To accomplish this, you must define empty groups and character strings. They do not require any space, but carry information that helps in the alignment process.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153912" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">To create empty groups, enter curly brackets <emph>{}</emph> in the Commands window. In the following example, the goal is to achieve a line break so that the plus signs are beneath one another, even though one less character is entered in the upper line:</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153246" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">a+a+a+{} newline {}{}{}{}{}a+a+a+a</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Empty character strings are a simple way to ensure that texts and formulas are left-aligned. They are defined using double inverted commas "" . Make sure you do not use any typographic inverted commas. Example:</paragraph> +<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153809" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">"A further example." newline a+b newline ""c-d</paragraph> +<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> +<embed href="text/smath/guide/brackets.xhp#brackets"/> +</body> +</helpdocument> |