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4.6.1. Key Features of OpenOffice.org Math
Some of the important features and capabilities of Math are discussed in the following section:
• Creating a Formula: Math offers you the convenience of creating formulae as objects within your docu- ment. You can invoke Math from inside a document whenever you need to insert a formula or equation into the document. With Math, you have a large selection of pre-defined symbols and functions at your disposal for creating, editing and formatting a formulae.
• Typing a Formula Directly: If you are familiar with the Math markup language, you can also type an equation directly in your document and then invoke Math to convert the markup into a formatted formula.
• Creating a Formula in the Commands Window: While you make entries in the commands window, you can simultaneously view the results in the document.
• Creating Individual Symbols: Why not create or own symbols and import new characters from other fonts? You can add the new symbols in the basic math catalogue or create a new catalogue for the new symbols.
• Creating Formulae in Context: Math provides you the ease of working with the context menus, which can be displayed at a right mouse-click. These context menus contain all commands that are found on the Selection window. Moreover, you can insert these into the document with just a mouse click.
Math is only used to create properly formatted equations in its symbolic form. It cannot be used
for calculation purposes.