Operation Manual

The upper area is the preview window, where the equation will appear during and after input. The
lower area is the equation editor, where the markup code for the equation is entered. The floating
Elements window will also appear.
Inserting a formula into a Writer document
To insert a formula into a Writer document, open the document and then choose Insert > Object >
Formula from the menu bar.
The formula editor opens at the bottom of the Writer window, and the floating Elements window
appears. You will also see a small box with a gray border in your document, where the formula will
be displayed, as shown in Figure 260.
Figure 260: Equation Editor, Elements window, and location of resulting equation in
Writer
Tip
If the Elements window is missing, show it with View > Elements.
When you are done entering the formula, you can close the editor by pressing the Esc key or by
clicking an area outside the formula in the main document. A double-click on the box will open the
editor again, so you can edit the formula.
Formulas are inserted as OLE objects. In a Writer document, the formula is anchored as a
character, so it is embedded in the continuous text. You can, as with any other OLE object, change
the anchor and make the formula floating. In Calc, Impress and Draw documents, formulas are
embedded as floating OLE objects.
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