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40 <topic id=
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"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
41 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Entering Text
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42 <filename>/text/smath/guide/text.xhp
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46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3155962"><bookmark_value>text strings; entering in $[officename] Math
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>direct text; entering in $[officename] Math
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>inserting;text in $[officename] Math
</bookmark_value>
50 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id5676442" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW"><variable id=
"text"><link href=
"text/smath/guide/text.xhp" name=
"Entering Text">Entering Text
</link>
51 </variable></paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id8509170" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"NEW">How to enter direct text strings that do not get interpreted?
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id337229" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">Some text strings get interpreted as operators automatically. Sometimes this is not what you want. If you want to write W
<emph>*
</emph> (a letter with a superscripted asterisk), the asterisk will be interpreted as a multiplication operator. Enclose the direct text within double quotes or add spaceholders.
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_idN105D0" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">Examples:
<comment>collected from several issues: i78812, i9167, i21484, i25573
</comment></paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id521866" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">An imported MathType formula contains the following string
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id9413739" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">W rSup { size
8{*} }
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id755943" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">If you have set up Math to convert imported MathType formulas (in Tools - Options - Load/Save - Microsoft Office), you see the formula with a placeholder instead of the asterisk.
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id5988952" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">Change {*} to {} * {} as in the following formula:
</paragraph>
59 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3304544" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">W rSup { size
8{} * {} }
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id4941557" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">You can also use W^
"*" to enter the character as direct text.
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id9961851" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW">Some formulas start with an = sign. Use
"=" to enter that character as direct text.
</paragraph>
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"relatedtopics">
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