On Sunday 06 August 2006 08:19 am, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 12:21 +0100, James Denniss-Thompson wrote:
> > a.. I am using version 2.0.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :
> > and no doubt I am stupid but what is and how do you use Math.
> > a.. There is no overview description of Math and when someone
> > like myself who has no idea what its about comes across it, I
> > have no idea what to do with it.
> > a.. Is there no training or examples re Math to start a complete
> > novice like myself to know what Math is about
> > a.. It's like giving someone an object they have never seen
> > before and asking them to use it. If they have now idea what it
> > is they won't be able to use it.
>
> Really? I would expect even the most naive user to do a bit of
> exploring. In any case, please see
> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draf
>t.pdf and the other guides. Also
> http://documentation.openoffice.org/ has many HOW-TOs and other
> resources.
>
> If you have an instance of OOo open, you can use Help > Contents >
> Formula to get the on-line information about using Math.
There are two chapters listed at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html
which discuss Math: "Getting Started with Math" and "Ch16 - Math
Objects: The Equation Editor" in the Writer Guide.
Dan
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