Writer Guide

Attributes
Operation Command Display
Acute accent acute a
a
Grave accent grave a

a
Reverse circumflex check a
a
Breve breve a
a
Circle circle a
˚
a
Vector arrow vec a

a
Tilde tilde a

a
Circumflex hat a
a
Line above bar a

a
Dot dot a
˙
a
Wide vector arrow widevec abc

abc
Wide tilde widetilde abc

abc
Wide circumflex widehat abc

abc
Double dot ddot a
¨
a
Line over overline abc
abc
Line under underline abc
abc
Line through overstrike abc
acb
Triple dot dddot a

a
Transparent (useful to get a
placeholder of a given size)
phantom a
Bold font bold a
a
Italic font
5
ital “a”
a
Resize font size 16 qv
qv
Following item in sans serif font
6
font sans qv
qv
Following item in serif font font serif qv
qv
Following item in fixed font font fixed qv
qv
5 Unquoted text that is not a command is considered to be a variable. Variables are, by
default, italicized.
6 There are three custom fonts: sans serif (without kicks), serifs (with kicks), and fixed
(non-proportional). To change the actual fonts used for custom fonts and the fonts
used for variables (unquoted text), numbers and functions, use Format > Fonts.
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