On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 17:13 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Rick Barnes wrote: > > > "The equation editor is for writing equations in symbolic form (as in > > equation 1). If you want to evaluate a numeric value, see the Calc > > Guide." > > > > Since this is a "Writer" chapter I am assuming the reference is to > > Writer's inability to "evaluate a numeric value". > > Not really. It's a reference to OOoMath's inability to evaluate a numeric > value. > > The problem lies in the ambiguity of the word "equation" and the word "math". > Some people might be going to this chapter thinking that it'll show them how > to > compute the square root of 3. So I'm just letting them know that this isn't > what > this chapter is about. And directing them to the Calc guide is the simplest > way > to let them compute the square root of 3. > > I know that it would be more "accurate" to mention that Writer could also be > used > for that. But adding this accuracy would make the instructions much more > complicated. And instructions that are accurate, but illegible are less > useful > than instructions which are easy to understand, and 'good enough'. > > :-) > > Cheers,
...gotcha... -- Rick Barnes www.nostabo.net ************************************************* There are 10 kinds of people, those that can read binary numbers and those that can't... --> Sent via Evolution 2.0.4 running on a Linux 2.6.11 Gentoo kernel.
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