Formatting equation elements

Equation Editor lets you change the color and style of an equation element and apply a different style to a character that you add to an equation. You can also specify new size and font settings to change the default formatting of an equation.


To change the color of an equation element

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Select an equation in the document.
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Click Edit WordPerfect Office onestep Formatting equation elements (Open) equation object.
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Click the Edit equation tab.
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Select an equation element.
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Click Color.
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In the Color dialog box, click a color on the palette.

To change the style of an equation element

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Select an equation in the document.
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Click Edit WordPerfect Office onestep Formatting equation elements (Open) equation object.
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Click the Edit equation tab.
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Select an equation element.
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From the Style list box, choose one of the following:
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Standard — lets you use the predefined style or font that conforms to mathematical typesetting conventions
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Greek — lets you use Greek characters
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Other — lets you define a style or font
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From the Size list box, choose one of the following:
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Normal — lets you use the formatting of the paragraph that contains the equation
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Subscript — lets you use the defined subscript size
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Sub-subscript — lets you use the defined sub-subscript size
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Symbol — lets you use the defined symbol size
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Sub-symbol — lets you use the defined sub-symbol size
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Other — lets you specify a size

To apply a different style to a character that you add to an equation

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Select an equation in the document.
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Click Edit WordPerfect Office onestep Formatting equation elements (Open) equation object.
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Click the Edit equation tab.
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Click where you want to add a character in the equation.
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Press one of the following keyboard shortcuts:
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Ctrl + G — assigns a Greek style
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Ctrl + B — lets you specify a style (Other)

To change the default formatting of an equation

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Select an equation in the document.
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Click Edit WordPerfect Office onestep Formatting equation elements (Open) equation object.
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Click the Font tab.
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Type a value in any of the following boxes:
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Subscript/Superscript — lets you change the subscript and superscript sizes
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Sub-subscript/Superscript — lets you change the sub-subscript and sub-superscript sizes
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Symbol — lets you change the symbol size
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Subsymbol — lets you change the sub-symbol size
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From the list boxes in the Font area, choose the font and style you want for the Greek lowercase, Greek uppercase, and Symbol characters.

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If you specify a percentage for the font size setting, the font size adjusts to reflect any changes made to the font size of the paragraph that contains the equation.
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Choose the Symbol font for symbol characters to ensure that they display correctly.

Formatting equation elements