<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="starmath" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">This function activates <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Math, which is used to insert formulas.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Once you have started this command you will see the <span class="T1">Commands</span> window and<span class="T1"> Selection</span> for input of <help:link Id="67296" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Formula</help:link> commands.<a name="end"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">You can also enter text in your text document, select the text and start the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><span class="T1">Insert - Object - Formula</span> menu. The selected text will be applied as the formula.</help:case></help:switch></p>