On 12/14/2008 01:56 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > 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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