Using the variable cursor - OpenOffice.org Math

How-To: Using the variable cursor - OpenOffice.org Math

This screencast shows you how to use the variable cursor.
Now, first notice that we have a summation expression here, with a number of different variables.
To see the variable cursor, just click beside any of the variables here on the "math commands window." In this case we have clicked beside the variable "n."
Good! Notice that a small gray square surrounds the variable "n" here. This is the variable cursor.
It basically indicates where the typing cursor is on the "math commands window" in relation to the formula displayed here.
Now, let's move the variable cursor by clicking here beside the "X" variable.
Great! As you can see, the variable cursor has indicated that the "X" variable is the one now selected in the math commands window below.
This is good as it let's you visualize which part of the formula you are editing as you type through the math commands window.
It is especially useful if you have more complex expressions, like the upper and lower limits here that appear on top or below the main line of the formula.
As you can see again, the variable cursor indicates which variable, and which part of the formula the typing cursor is. Even if it is in the upper...
... or lower limit.
Great! You have learned how the variable cursor works, and how it is used. Congratulations!

Using the variable cursor

This screencast demonstrates how to use the variable cursor. You learn:

How to select variables using the variable cursor.
How the variable cursor behaves as you move the typing cursor in the math commands window.

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Using the variable cursor - OpenOffice.org Math

Using the variable cursor

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