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• For an italic Greek character, type a percentage % sign followed by the i character, then the

English name of the Greek character in lower or UPPER case. For example, typing

%iTHETA creates the italic Greek character Θ.

Symbols dialog

Greek characters can also be entered into a formula using the Symbols dialog.

1) Make sure your cursor is in the correct position in the Formula Editor.

2) Go to Tools > Catalog on the main menu bar or click on the Catalog icon in the Tools

toolbar to open the Symbols dialog (Figure 7)

3) Select Greek from the Symbol set drop-down list. For italic characters, select iGreek from

the drop-down list.

4) Select the Greek character from the symbol list, then click Insert. When selected, the name

of a Greek character is shown below the symbol list.

5) Click Close when you have finished entering Greek characters into your formula.

Figure 7: Symbols dialog

Formula examples

Example 1

The simple formula

5×4

can be created using LibreOffice Math as follows:

1) Make sure your cursor is flashing in the Formula Editor, then select the category

Unary/Binary Operators and symbol Multiplication using one of the following methods:

– In the Elements dialog, select the Unary/Binary Operators icon and then select

the Multiplication icon .

– In the Elements Dock, select Unary/Binary Operators from the drop-down list and then

select the Multiplication icon .

– Right-click in the Formula Editor and select Unary/Binary Operators > a times b from

the context menu.

– Using markup language, enter 5 times 4 in the Formula Editor.

– The first three methods place the formula text <?> times <?> in the Formula Editor

and the symbol appears in the document.

– Using markup language in the Formula Editor places the formula

5×4

directly into

your document and there is no need to carry out the following steps.

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