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35 <topic id=
"textsmath0103091400xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
36 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Scaling
</title>
37 <filename>/text/smath/
01/
03091400.xhp
</filename>
40 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
41 <lastedited date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
48 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3153923"><bookmark_value>scaling; in %PRODUCTNAME Math
</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph l10n=
"U" role=
"heading" level=
"1" id=
"hd_id3153923" oldref=
"1" xml-lang=
"en-US"> <link href=
"text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name=
"Scaling">Scaling
</link></paragraph>
49 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147173" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">More detailed information about scaling in
<emph><item type=
"productname">%PRODUCTNAME
</item> Math
</emph> as well as some examples can be found here. (The quotation marks in this text are for emphasis purposes only and are not part of the examples.)
</paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3156316" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"3">The factorial is not scaled (example:
"fact stack{a#b}" and
"fact {a over b}") but is oriented using the baseline or center of the arguments.
</paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150756" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"4">Brackets always have a fixed size as well. This applies to all symbols that can be used as brackets. Compare
"(((a)))",
"( stack{a#b#c})",
"(a over b)."</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147570" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"7">Brackets preceded by
"left" or
"right", however, are always adjusted to the argument. See
"left(left(left(a right)right)right)",
"left(stack{a#b#c}right)",
"left(a over b right)."</paragraph>
53 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145206" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">Some
<link href=
"text/smath/01/03091300.xhp" name=
"Attributes">Attributes
</link> have fixed sizes; do not change these if they are placed above a long symbol.
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"warning" id=
"par_id3154694" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"12">The spaces in the examples are required for the correct structure. You may not delete them when making entries in the Commands window.
</paragraph>