On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 02:45 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> When it comes to Math, the components Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress and
> Base 
> are not equal. I would say that:
> 
>    * Writer should have a significant chapter.
>    * Draw and Impress should have a "fair" chapter.
>    * Calc should have a mention.
>    * Base should have nothing.
> 
Daniel,

I would think that Impress would be just as worthy of a significant
chapter as Writer. Presentations, especially those written in academia
by and for students frequently use equations and formulas (I've seen
them often in Finance, Engineering and Computer Science course
presentations)...I've used formulas more in presentations than in text
documents (but that was as an instructor, as a student I used them more
within text documents)...

I took some Cisco router courses last year that contained a good deal of
electrical engineering formulas on the slideshow "lectures".

> That would correspond more or less to how I think Math is actually
> used.

While some users may use OOo for word processing others will have their
own "favorite" tool. Whatever that component is, will dictate how
important a Math guide is to them.

> The most common way to use Math is to embed formulae 
> in text documents. By forcing artificial symmetry, the guide would
> become less useful. 

Wouldn't you say that artificial symmetry is achieved by basing the
guides on your usage habits or preferences?

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