<sect1 id="formulas">
<sect1info>
<authorgroup>
<author
><firstname
>Mike</firstname
> <surname
>McBride</surname
> </author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Andrew</firstname
><surname
>Coles</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>Conversion to British English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>
</sect1info>
<title
>Formulas</title>
<indexterm
><primary
>formulas</primary
></indexterm>

<para
>&kword; has the ability to directly create formulas using the formula editor common to all &koffice; applications.</para>
<note
><para
>This is a formula editor for creating graphical versions of formulas. &kword; does not currently have any ability to solve mathematical equations.</para
></note>

<sect2 id="formulas-add"
><title
>Add a formula</title>
<para
>There are three ways to insert a formula into a document:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
>By selecting <menuchoice
> <guimenu
>Insert</guimenu
><guimenuitem
>Formula</guimenuitem
></menuchoice
> from the menubar</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para
>Using the keyboard shortcut: <keycap
>F4</keycap
></para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para
>or by clicking <inlinemediaobject
><imageobject
><imagedata fileref="part-kformula.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject
></inlinemediaobject
> on the toolbar.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para
>&kword; creates a formula frame at the current cursor location.</para>
<note
><para
>Formula frames behave differently than most other frames in &kword;: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
><emphasis
>All</emphasis
> formula frames are inserted <glossterm linkend="definlineframe"
>inline</glossterm
> by default. This frame can later be converted to a <emphasis
>framed</emphasis
> frame later.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Formula frames expand and contract depending on the resulting size of the formula.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Formula frames automatically determine where in the line they are lined up.</para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</note>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="formula-move"
><title
>Moving a formula</title>
<para
>By default, formula frames are created as <glossterm linkend="definlineframe"
>inline</glossterm
> frames by default. The formula frame will move with the text as any other inline frame would.</para>
<para
>If you want to have more control over where the formula is placed, you can convert it to a framed formula by clicking on the frame surrounding the formula with the &RMB;. A submenu will appear. Simply select <guilabel
>Inline</guilabel
> and the formula will now be a freely movable frame. </para>
<para
>Once converted to a freely movable frame, you can <link linkend="move-frame"
>move the frame</link
> just like any other frame in &kword;.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="formula-delete"
><title
>Removing a formula</title>
<para
>To delete a formula in &kword;, simply <link linkend="delete-frame"
>delete the frame</link
> around it.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="formula-edit"
><title
>Editing a formula</title>
<para
>Editing a formula is beyond the scope of this documentation. Please see the &kformula; handbook for help with the editing of the formula.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

