On 28 June 2010 03:01, In-Betweener <inbetweenercom-openoff...@yahoo.com.br>wrote:
> "Bob Long" <b...@oblong.com.au> escreveu na mensagem > news:i03dtq$c2...@dough.gmane.org... > >> InBetweener wrote, >> >> (...) > > >> I'm no mathematician, so I may be missing something. But I'm still not >> clear on what the problem is. Do you want to be able to have, as the result: >> >> the letter x followed by the letter R, with a bar over the top of that R, >> then followed by the letter y? >> >> If so, why does >> >> x overline R y >> >> not suit? >> > > Because it is not what I need. I don't want a bar *over the top* of R (or > whatever can be in its place). I need a *slash* occupying the same space > where the R (or whatever) is. > > > InBetweener, Your original question was (I quote): ===== I'm somewhat familiar with Microsoft Equation Editor (inside MS Word). Few days ago, I started using OpenOffice Math. I liked it very much, but I can't do some things with it. For example, with MS EE, if I'd like to say that (x,y) in R I did write xRy, which may be done with OO Math alike. But MS EE allows me to say that not (x,y) in R by writing xR/y, but with the slash *over* the R. By the way, this effect of "slashing" can be done with almost any letter or symbol in MS EE. I simply don't know how to get the same effect with OO Math. ===== Note in particular your words "but with the slash *over* the R" (my emphasis). Now it seems that what you really mean is "a slash *through* the R" similar, for example, to the symbol used for American cents which is a lower case "c" with a slash *through* it. Is this what you mean? If not, please post a *visible* example. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
