On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:40:55 -0800
John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo:

> A professor has created a clever way to create brackets for feature
> matrices in phonology. Unfortunately, he did it in Word. Here is his
> Word file:
> 
> http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/120a/Brackets.htm

> Can anyone get this to work? Better yet, can anyone think of a way to
> do it natively in Writer?

Wait, I think I know the answer. We can do it in OOo Writer with Insert
> Formula. Or Insert > Field. I just can't figure out exactly how to do it.

A feature matrix looks like (for example):

        [       +syllabic       ]
        [       -voice  ]
        [       +coronal        ]
        [       +nasal  ]

The number of lines varies from one feature to a dozen. In this e-mail
I used individual brackets for each line, but in real work the sides of
the feature matrix should have one tall bracket on each side (like the
x-y example on the professor's web page above).

I'm off to study Writer's Insert > Formula features to see if I can
figure it out. Meantime, if there are any experts here on how to create
tall brackets on the sides of a formula, please share!
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