Writing Equations in LibreOffice
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- A video tutorial by Dr. Chinmaya S Rathore explaining how to use the formula editor in LibreOffice to write equations.
Link to Chapter 9 of the LibreOffice Documentation from where you can get more information on this topic: bit.ly/2TZCTLV
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I'm transitioning to Libre Office and this video series has helped ease that process to a great extent. Thanks, sir.
Good day sir!
I am a 66 year old grandfather in the UK whose granddaughter is starting secondary school in a few months. I have helped her with her maths since she was a very young child and have been looking for maths programs to try and get some practice papers and explanatory sheets together for when she encounters more difficult things to come. I use Libre Office and didn't realise until I stumbled across your video that I already have everything I need right in front of me.
This is without a doubt one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen online! I haven't even tried it yet but already feel confident I will be able to write a help sheet containing any possible formula she might need, (and her younger brother), along with the explanations to go with them.
Many Thanks and may your God go with you.
Many thanks for your very kind and generous appreciation. I am so happy to note that you found the tutorial useful. Wish you all the very best.
Your contribution helped me a lot. A very pleasant, relaxed and understandable presentation style. Thank you very much
A great video - many thanks!
I have looked myself for a method - and seen that others have looked for it, too - to apply the 'arc' attribute for use in geometry. It seems clear that it is missing from Math and the consensus seems to be that one just has to wait for it.
If anybody desperately needs an arc symbol that stays with the letters above which it appears, here is a way to work around the problem (best working at a high zoom factor):
1. Create a frame.
2. Type the letters you need inside that frame.
3. Create a curve for the arc, also inside the frame and in the proper place above the letters.
4. Change the properties of the frame to give it:
4.1. Zero spacing in the wrap settings
4..2. Zero padding.
5. Reduce the size of the frame to be very tight around its contents.
6. Anchor it in its proper place as a character.
7. (If required) Move it up or down until its baseline matches that of the surrounding text. This may have to be accompanied by changing the size of the frame from the top or the bottom.
Done! The contents is editable, so if you need more arcs you can copy the first one, paste it and change the name to whatever it needs to be.
If you work at a font size of 12 points, the right thickness of the curve representing the arc will be 0.03cm.
Incidentally: E=mc² is a formula in GENERAL relativity, not special relativity.
Thank You Sir !! Very helpful for all those who are transitioning from MS Office to Libre Office just like me.
Thank you so much! Very clear explanation!
Thank you for this video. May God bless you.
Dr Chinmaya that was SO useful. Thank you for explaining it in plain, simple language.
Many thanks for your kind words of appreciation. I am so glad that you found the video useful.
TAHNKS ITS REALLY HELPED A LOT
Thank you so much.
This was extremely helpful, thank you!
Many thanks for your kind appreciation. Glad that you found the video useful.
@@ChinmayaSinghRathore I really did and it saved the day, haha. So far, I've written them out manually and I shouldn't have (and losing marks). Following this video, I was able to enter than digitally; learning so much. It's crucial as I study biomedical science.
Thank you very much. This has answered almost all my questions on how to use the equation editor in LibreOffice. Now I have only one thing to figure out. I need a union symbol with a range. Basically something like this:
left lline {sum from{n=0} to{10} n } right rline
Except with the union symbol. It is a use I stumbled across and I don't remember seeing it before. I'm sure it is possible. Continuing my research. Your video has really helped with everything else. Thanks again.
Many thanks for your kind words of appreciation. Happy to note that you found the tutorial helpful.
As regards set symbols, the LO Equation writer does have many place holders for set symbols which I am sure can be used to create what you want. I have created the following screenshot in a PDF file to point to the set elements.
tinyurl.com/3kh7rd9v
Hope this helps.
@@ChinmayaSinghRathore Thanks for the reply. I'm sure I can figure something out. I've played with the set operations elements a bit but can't get the little boxes about and below instead of on the side. I'm thinking about trying a different approach and just use a U for the operator. I'll play with it this weekend. Need the formulas to print out for a clock face I'm thinking of making. All the hour numbers being math formulas. Something I saw in a Facebook ad. Being a retired math teacher I thought it pretty neat.
I have LO installed on a Linux box which I'm playing with to see if I want to dump Windows. Will play with it again this weekend.
Thank you
How can I change the margin inside the formula editor? My formulae are split and moved to a newline just at half of editor width.
A really useful video - thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Very easy to understand and learn how to write equation. thank you.
Thanks for your kind appreciation. I am glad that you found the tutorial helpful.
Thanks very much for this, as I make a number of "cheat sheets" to help me with my foray into college math as one of my retirement projects 🙂
Many thanks for your kind words. Glad to know that you found the tutorial useful. All the best with your math project 👍
Big thank you.
Glad that you found the tutorial useful. Thanks for your kind appreciation.
This was a very well done tutorial. Thank you. Does anyone know how to create formulas in calc that use cell references. This would be a formula that substitutes a value from a cell. If cell A1 currently stored the value 7, then the formula might be something like $a$1^2=$a$1*$a$1 and the worksheet would show in some other cell 7^2 = 49.
If I change the value in cell A1, the displayed formula would update. Any ideas?
Calc works just like Excel. So if you can do it in Excel, use the same method to do it in Calc. Hope this helps.
Why this channel have less subscribers and view? it deserves more!
Many thanks for your appreciation.
Hey. Thanks for the video. A question. How do I use Libra to calculate for me? Ex. 55×55=?
I know wordmat could calculate it.
Hi. Glad that you found the video helpful. Yes, you can perform calculations inside a LibreOffice document like the example you have mentioned and also on table column and rows.
You can choose Table ( Menu) > Edit Field and perform your math in the formula bar that appears on top above the ruler - like type 55*55 and press the green right symbol to get the answer.
I have created a small video to show these steps which you can download from the link below ( no sound ) and have a look if you wish.
tinyurl.com/2rzmcptu
Just press the download button.
Hope this helps.
p.s. I wrote the above after sitting watching your video after coming off a 12 hour night shit it was that good!
So happy to note that you found the tutorial useful. Many thanks for your kind appreciation. Deeply touched by your very kind words. Thanks
Can we hide the outline of box under which formulas are written.
Hi,
Many thanks for your question. The box around the equation by default ( unless you purposefully create a boundary) is just to highlight the special nature of the equation object. Without this border, it would just appear as typed text. However , this border:
1. Does NOT print when you take a hard or paper copy on a printer
2.Does NOT appear when you export as PDF
You can make sure that this is the case by (1) Clicking on the formula object to reveal its dot handles (2) Click on the Border Style Dropdown and (3) Chose None as the border style i.e. the topmost option. Conversely , if you wanted a border around the equation to print or be visible in a PDF , choose the second option i.e. solid. Please see the screenshot below for a pictorial representation of these steps.
tinyurl.com/3fke383a
So do not mind the border by default because you will see it only to be reminded that it is a formula object. It will not appear in the exported PDF or the paper copy.
Hope this helps.
Chinmaya
I'm a mathematician and used to typing everything in LaTeX. But now I'm publishing my first paper in a physics journal (it's on special relativity btw). The journal template is on word but as a Linux user I only have libreoffice. This is a nightmare!!
Hi. All sympathies for your current predicament involving LaTeX , Word and LO. Being an academic myself, I know how frustrating this can be !
You might like to have a look at the following resource to explore if something here might be of help in your situation.
www.ubuntubuzz.com/2022/12/how-to-import-and-use-microsoft-word-templates-on-libreoffice-writer.html
It might be useful if you can drop in a line to the journal (or the university as the case may be ) requesting them to also upload LO journal templates (and maybe even pages and Google Docs templates) such that a wider section of users opting for different word processing software or computer platforms are served. With their abundant resources from overpriced journal paywalls, it might be quite straightforward for journals to do this and in doing so, ease a lot of heartache and headache for potential journal contributors.
Cheers
@@ChinmayaSinghRathore -- Hey thanks very much for the link. I'll definitely check it out!!
that was meant to say night SHIFT ..... not the other word
here I was hoping this was a replacement for mathcad
how to write "not equal to"
You can use in the markup for not equal to. Alternatively, in the left pane ( elements box) choose Relations in the drop-down and the second template or placeholder option from the top is not equal to. Hope this helps.
but could math actually do a math?