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  46 <section id="formatierungen">
  47 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153150"><bookmark_value>formatting;in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>$[officename] Math; formatting</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>superscripts</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>binomials</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>vertical elements</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>lines; inserting in formulas</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>subscripts</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>stacks</bookmark_value>
  55 <bookmark_value>vertical arrangement of elements</bookmark_value>
  56 <bookmark_value>small gaps</bookmark_value>
  57 <bookmark_value>alignment; left (Math)</bookmark_value>
  58 <bookmark_value>left-justified alignment (Math)</bookmark_value>
  59 <bookmark_value>alignment; horizontally centered (Math)</bookmark_value>
  60 <bookmark_value>centered horizontally; alignment (Math)</bookmark_value>
  61 <bookmark_value>alignment; right (Math)</bookmark_value>
  62 <bookmark_value>right-justified alignment in %PRODUCTNAME Math</bookmark_value>
  63 <bookmark_value>matrices; arranging</bookmark_value>
  64 <bookmark_value>spaces in formulas</bookmark_value>
  65 <bookmark_value>gaps in formulas</bookmark_value>
  66 <bookmark_value>inserting; gaps</bookmark_value>
  67 <bookmark_value>arranging;matrices</bookmark_value>
  68 <bookmark_value>formulas;aligning</bookmark_value>
  69 <bookmark_value>aligning formulas</bookmark_value>
  70 </bookmark><comment>mw added two index entries about formula alignement and made "formatting.." a two level entry</comment>
  71 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_FORMAT_TBX" id="bm_id3149290" localize="false"/>
  72 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_FORMAT_CAT" id="bm_id3149294" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153150" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/smath/01/03090700.xhp" name="Format">Format</link></paragraph>
  73 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_FORMAT_CAT">You can choose among various options for formatting a $[officename] Math formula. 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>
  74 </section>
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  78 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154263" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">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 Formula Elements window (menu <emph>View - Formula Elements</emph>) or through the context menu of the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
  79 <paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153536" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">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>
  80 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151104" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="4">Formatting options</paragraph>
  81 <table id="tbl_id3154569">
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  83 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  84 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1008B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
  85 <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>
  86         </image></paragraph>
  87 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_LSUPX" id="bm_id3154473" localize="false"/></tablecell>
  88 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  89 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147519" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">Superscript left</paragraph>
  90 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;lsup{&lt;?&gt;}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
  91 </tablecell>
  92 </tablerow>
  93 </table>
  94 <table id="tbl_id3155895">
  95 <tablerow>
  96 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  97 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
  98 <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>
  99         </image></paragraph>
 100 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_CSUPX" id="bm_id3146921" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 101 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 102 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146931" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Superscript top</paragraph>
 103 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159195" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUPX">Inserts a superscript directly above a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;csup&lt;?&gt;</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 104 </tablecell>
 105 </tablerow>
 106 </table>
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 110 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN100FF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
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 113 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_RSUPX" id="bm_id3149821" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 114 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 115 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3151249" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Superscript right</paragraph>
 116 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUPX">Inserts a superscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;^{&lt;?&gt;}</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, or you can use <emph>rsup</emph> or <emph>sup</emph>.</paragraph>
 117 </tablecell>
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 122 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 123 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1013E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 124 <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>
 125         </image></paragraph>
 126 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_BINOMXY" id="bm_id3147575" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 127 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 128 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Vertical stack (2 elements)</paragraph>
 129 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_BINOMXY">Inserts a vertical stack (binomial) with two placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>binom&lt;?&gt;&lt;?&gt;</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 130 </tablecell>
 131 </tablerow>
 132 </table>
 133 <table id="tbl_id3147079">
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 135 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 136 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10179" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 137 <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>
 138         </image></paragraph>
 139 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_NEWLINE" id="bm_id3151033" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 140 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 141 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">New line</paragraph>
 142 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><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>
 143 </tablecell>
 144 </tablerow>
 145 </table>
 146 <table id="tbl_id3154918">
 147 <tablerow>
 148 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 149 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101B2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 150 <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>
 151         </image></paragraph>
 152 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_LSUBX" id="bm_id3148751" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 153 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 154 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3148760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Subscript left</paragraph>
 155 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147309" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_LSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the left of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;lsub{&lt;?&gt;}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 156 </tablecell>
 157 </tablerow>
 158 </table>
 159 <table id="tbl_id3151384">
 160 <tablerow>
 161 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 162 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN101EB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 163 <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>
 164         </image></paragraph>
 165 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_CSUBX" id="bm_id3150119" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 166 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 167 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150687" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">Subscript bottom</paragraph>
 168 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_CSUBX">Inserts a subscript directly under a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;csub&lt;?&gt;</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 169 </tablecell>
 170 </tablerow>
 171 </table>
 172 <table id="tbl_id3147624">
 173 <tablerow>
 174 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 175 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 176 <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>
 177         </image></paragraph>
 178 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_RSUBX" id="bm_id3145126" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 179 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 180 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Subscript right</paragraph>
 181 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146913" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_RSUBX">Inserts a subscript to the right of a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>&lt;?&gt;_{&lt;?&gt;}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window, and the subscript dash can be replaced by <emph>rsub</emph> or <emph>sub</emph>.</paragraph>
 182 </tablecell>
 183 </tablerow>
 184 </table>
 185 <table id="tbl_id3150558">
 186 <tablerow>
 187 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 188 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 189 <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>
 190         </image></paragraph>
 191 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_STACK" id="bm_id3147107" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 192 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 193 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3147116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Vertical stack (3 elements)</paragraph>
 194 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146332" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_STACK">Inserts a vertical stack with three placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>stack {&lt;?&gt;#&lt;?&gt;#&lt;?&gt;}</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 195 </tablecell>
 196 </tablerow>
 197 </table>
 198 <table id="tbl_id3147608">
 199 <tablerow>
 200 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 201 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102A0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 202 <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>
 203         </image></paragraph>
 204 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_SBLANK" id="bm_id3155563" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 205 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 206 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3155572" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Small gap</paragraph>
 207 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147056" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"><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>
 208 </tablecell>
 209 </tablerow>
 210 </table>
 211 <table id="tbl_id3154778">
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 213 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 214 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN102DC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 215 <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>
 216         </image></paragraph>
 217 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_ALIGNLX" id="bm_id3153801" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 218 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 219 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Align left</paragraph>
 220 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNLX">This icon assigns left-alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can type <emph>alignl&lt;?&gt;</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 221 </tablecell>
 222 </tablerow>
 223 </table>
 224 <table id="tbl_id3151117">
 225 <tablerow>
 226 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 227 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 228 <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>
 229         </image></paragraph>
 230 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_ALIGNCX" id="bm_id3154714" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 231 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 232 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Align to horizontal center</paragraph>
 233 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNCX">Assigns horizontal central alignment to "a" and inserts a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignc&lt;?&gt;</emph> directly in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 234 </tablecell>
 235 </tablerow>
 236 </table>
 237 <table id="tbl_id3150461">
 238 <tablerow>
 239 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 240 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10352" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 241 <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>
 242         </image></paragraph>
 243 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_ALIGNRX" id="bm_id3151209" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 244 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 245 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Align right</paragraph>
 246 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_ALIGNRX">Inserts the command for right alignment and a placeholder.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>alignr&lt;?&gt;</emph> in the <emph>Commands</emph> window.</paragraph>
 247 </tablecell>
 248 </tablerow>
 249 </table>
 250 <table id="tbl_id3149237">
 251 <tablerow>
 252 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 253 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1038D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 254 <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>
 255         </image></paragraph>
 256 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_MATRIX" id="bm_id3154328" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 257 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 258 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154338" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Matrix stack</paragraph>
 259 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="26"><ahelp hid="HID_SMA_MATRIX">This icon inserts a matrix with four placeholders.</ahelp> You can also type <emph>matrix{&lt;?&gt;#&lt;?&gt;##&lt;?&gt;#&lt;?&gt;}</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>
 260 </tablecell>
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 264 <tablerow>
 265 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 266 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN103C9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="F">
 267 <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>
 268         </image></paragraph>
 269 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_SMA_BLANK" id="bm_id3155108" localize="false"/></tablecell>
 270 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 271 <paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149358" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Gap</paragraph>
 272 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"><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>
 273 </tablecell>
 274 </tablerow>
 275 </table>
 276 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">For alignment, the <emph>alignl, alignc</emph> and <emph>alignr</emph> commands are especially effective, if you are </paragraph>
 277 <list type="unordered">
 278 <listitem>
 279 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151009" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="49">aligning numerators and denominators, for example <emph>{alignl a}over{b+c}</emph>
 280 </paragraph>
 281 </listitem>
 282 <listitem>
 283 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">constructing binomials or stacks, for example <emph>binom{2*n}{alignr k}</emph>
 284 </paragraph>
 285 </listitem>
 286 <listitem>
 287 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">aligning the elements in a matrix, for example <emph>matrix{alignr a#b+2##c+1/3#alignl d}</emph> and</paragraph>
 288 </listitem>
 289 <listitem>
 290 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">beginning a new line, for example <emph>a+b-c newline alignr x/y</emph>
 291 </paragraph>
 292 </listitem>
 293 </list>
 294 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">When using the align instructions, note that</paragraph>
 295 <list type="unordered">
 296 <listitem>
 297 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">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>
 298 </paragraph>
 299 </listitem>
 300 <listitem>
 301 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154004" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">they affect each other, which means that typing <emph>{alignl{alignr a}}over{b+c}</emph> aligns <emph>a</emph> on the right.</paragraph>
 302 </listitem>
 303 </list>
 304 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id8036133" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To align using the "matrix" command</paragraph>
 305 <paragraph role="code" id="par_id5398419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">matrix{</paragraph>
 306 <paragraph role="code" id="par_id1456343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr sin^2 x + cos^2 x#{}={}#alignl 1 ##</paragraph>
 307 <paragraph role="code" id="par_id4572588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">alignr cos^2 x #{}={} #alignl 1 - sin^2 x</paragraph>
 308 <paragraph role="code" id="par_id2879726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">}</paragraph>
 309 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10F70" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Aligning to the left</paragraph>
 310 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="56">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>
 311 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149966" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">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>
 312 <paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3145654" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">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>
 313 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148708" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">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>
 314 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155340" 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> and <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="Scaling">Scaling</link>, helps you organize your document in the best possible way.</paragraph>
 315 </body>
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