Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by W Page -
Number of replies: 5
Hello All!

Does anyone know of any online tutorial about using mathematical notations in Word and in OpenOffice?

I need to use the term "mean" by representing it as a letter with a slash (-) over it.   I could not figure out how to do it in either software.  Like the mean of "X".  (I rarely do stuff like this.)

Do I need a special font to do this?  If so, where could I download it from?

Thanks in advance.

WP1
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Re: Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by Dale Jones -
IIRC, we called this "x bar" or "bar x" when I was in school. 

OK then, in Word like this:
  1. Insert ->Object->Microsoft Equation
  2. A text input
  3. In the box that appears, type your X (mm nice, it goes into a cursive italic script just like it ought to).
  4. Symbols are grouped, and the one you want is in the "Embellishments" section (just hover over it to see the name).  Click on the group and pick the right one from the list.
  5. Click somewhere outside the box.  Job done.
Open Office is a very different beastie.
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Re: Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by Enrique Castro -
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Hi W,
    What you want is "bar x". For a reference I've attached a guide on math objects in OOo. This is more like TeX rather than MSWord-like.

In addition to the official documentation site for OpenOffice.org, a very good site is OOoAuthors.

- Enrique -
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Re: Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by Dale Jones -
Thanks for that guide Enrique.  just what I needed!

Dale
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Re: Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by Joyce Smith -
Thank you, its amazing what we can find here on moodle.org , been searching the web then remembered I might find something here big grin
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Re: Math Notation in Word and Open Office??

by W Page -
Thanks again everybody for your responses.  I knew there had to be some way to do it.

WP1