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Syntax editor can highlight both the symbols and syntax. Press the ( ) button on toolbar, will re-convert the equation into LaTeX script. Then press the ( ) button or press "Shift+Enter", it will convert the LaTeX script into equation. You can type in LaTeX script within the bottom area of the interface. 3.5 Use LaTeX to input equations 3.5.1 LaTeX syntax editorĬlick the toolbar button ( ) "Ctrl+Tab" to switch to LaTeX editing mode. "\alpha", press enter and it will turn into Greek symbol "". You can type with LaTeX syntax to enter Greek symbols, e.g. Press the button ( ) and the current keyboard will change into the English keyboard with LaTeX syntax support. For example, press "Ctrl+G", "d", "e", the editing area will output "".įigure 3.2 Comparison of Greek Keyboard 3.4.3 Mixed LaTeX Syntax When in the state of English Keyboard, press shortcut "Ctrl+G" you can temporarily switch to Greek keyboard, and it will return to the normal state after input a character. The current keyboard will switch to Greek keyboard, which can continuously input Greek symbols. Table 3.4 Quick input Greek symbols 3.4.1 Greek keyboardĬlick the ( ) button on toolbar. Also you can click to set up and modify it in "Syntax and shortcuts" tab control. You can right click the symbol panel to view the shortcuts. Notice: the system reserved shortcuts can't be redefined, e.g.
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They can be characters, numbers, punctuations or arrow keys. Auxiliary key includes Ctrl, Alt, Ctrl+Shift, Ctrl+Shift, Alt+Shift and Ctrl+Alt+Shift, main keys can be chosen from the drop-down box. Shortcuts are the combinations of auxiliary key and main key. Choose "Set Hotkey" and appear a "Set HotKey/TeX/Macro" dialog, then you can set the shortcuts. On the symbol panel, you can right click a symbol button and then a menu pops up. 3.3 Shortcuts 3.3.1 Define shortcutsĪll math symbols on panel can bind a shortcut(hotkey).
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These panels also allows you to re-mapping the symbol positions, you can right click the symbol button to define them as you wish. Thus you need to click ( ) to expand all symbols. Some groups of symbol panel (binary operator) contains numerous symbols, by default you can only see the frequently-used symbols. 3.2.3 Symbols re-mapping and symbol panel expansion
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Right click any symbol on panel, and you can set multi-background and the panel background. Symbol panels support multiple backgrounds, making it easy to distinguish. First right click any symbol on the panel, than choose "Appearance" in the popup menu, and you can see an appearance setting dialog. The symbol panels can be easily customized. 3.2.2 Set up the appearance and colors of the symbol panel Of course you can customize the panels order by right clicking the panels. Click the symbol and then it will appear in the editing position. The symbols are classified by different groups and you can either click the panel tag or use mouse wheel to switch over. 3.2 Symbol Panel 3.2.1 Symbol panel scroll and group switchĪxMath uses scrollable panels to display all math symbols. And move the wheel while pressing Ctrl to zoom in and out. When the pointer is in the editing area, you can move your mouse wheel up or down to scroll the view, and move the wheel while pressing Shift Key to move left or right. If you want to change the text styles, you can choose the text and use right click menu or these toolbar ( ) modify, corresponding to the shortcuts Ctrl+1/2/3/4. They can combine as normal, italic, bold, italic and bold 4 styles. The toolbar button ( ) indicates the current active text style. You can use mouse click, Home Key, End Key and four arrow keys to move your cursor. The cursor shows the current editing position. When you need special math symbols, you can simply click and choose, using shortcuts or using mixed-LaTeX to quickly insert. In the equation editing area, you can edit your equations like any other text editors. WYSIWYG is the basic editing mode of AxMath. Equation Editor 3.1 Basic Operations 3.1.1 WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)