Getting to Know LibreOffice Tutorial 07: Introduction to LO Math
Continuing the series of posts on Getting to know LibreOfficeToday we will focus on this seventh installment about the application known as LibreOffice Math. In order to continue our exploration dedicated to knowing in detail, a little more about each component of the LibreOffice Office Suite.
Also, as many already know, LibreOffice Math is the application created to be the Manager (Editor) of formulas (equations) Of the same. And therefore the ideal for produce and insert formulas and equations in documents generated by the others LibreOffice apps, Style MS Office Visio/Publisher. So, next we will see what this version offers in terms of graphical interface and technical characteristics.
Getting to know LibreOffice Tutorial 06: Introduction to LO Draw
And as usual, before we dive into today's topic of LibreOffice Math, we will leave some links to previous related posts:
LibreOffice Math: Getting to Know the Math Formula Manager
What is LibreOffice Math?
For those who know little or nothing about LibreOffice Math, it is worth briefly pointing out that it is, a office tool that works as a formula editor inside LibreOffice. Therefore, it allows generate or manipulate formulas (equations) symbolically, both within LibreOffice documents and as stand-alone objects.
Something that stands out math, is that Use a markup language (markup) to represent the formulas to manage. What facilitates the reading them, in the other LibreOffice applications, and third parties. However, it is to be noted that Math is not capable of evaluating mathematical equations or perform actual calculations. Since, for this, the ideal office tool within LibreOffice is Calc.
Another important feature to highlight is that Math knows nothing about the order of operation within a formula. And for this reason, it must use the necessary brace characters to indicate the order of operations that occur within a formula. In such a way that for the labeling language, the order of the elements (numbers and mathematical signs) and the operations to be executed are clear.
Visual interface and app design
As can be seen in the image immediately above, this is the current visual interface of LibreOffice Math, as soon as it is started.
In it you can see, immediately below the title bar from the window, the bar of Menus, and then the toolbar that come by default. While, occupying almost the entire central part of the window, is the user workspace. That is, the sheet or work area where the created formulas will be displayed. Being the top of the Preview area and bottom of the Formula Editing area.
Finally, on the left side, there is a side bar call element pane, which is used as a visual tool that will help us generate and edit the necessary formulas. Since, in it, the mathematical symbols and operators, managed by categories in a drop-down list.
However, the element pane, works in conjunction with the so-called popup menu, which facilitates access to the categories and symbols used to generate the desired formulas. It appears by clicking the right button in the Formula editor.
And to end of window, In the lower part, as usual, is the traditional status bar.
As shown below, each one separately:
- Title bar
- Menu bar
- Standard toolbar
- Elements Panel (Left Side), Preview Area (upper) and Formula Editing Area (lower)
- Status Bar
“As markup is entered in the Formula Editor, the formula will appear in the Preview pane during and after the markup input. You can show or hide the Elements panel on the left of the Preview window by selecting the View > Elements menu". Create a formula as a separate file / Getting Started Guide 7.2
Learn more about LibreOffice Math Series 7
If you're still in the LibreOffice version 6, and you want to try the version 7, we invite you to try it by following the next procedure About you GNU / Linux. Or if you just want to get to know her by reading, click here.
Summary
In short, in this seventh installment of Getting to know LibreOffice about LibreOffice Math, we can continue checking the most recent features and functions within it. In this case, it is clear to us that this LibreOffice tool is un Formula manager with which we can create and edit mathematical formulas. which are totally compatible and usable for the others LibreOffice apps. Either a separate file containing them is generated and form part of a formula library, or inserted directly into a document of the same.
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