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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Scaling</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153923"><bookmark_value>scaling; in %PRODUCTNAME Math</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph l10n="U" role="heading" level="1" id="hd_id3153923" oldref="1" xml-lang="en-US"> <link href="text/smath/01/03091400.xhp" name="Scaling">Scaling</link></paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3147173" l10n="U" oldref="2">More detailed information about scaling in <emph><item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Math</emph> as well as some examples can be found here. (The quotation marks in this text are for emphasis purposes only and are not part of the examples.)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156316" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">The factorial is not scaled (example: "fact stack{a#b}" and "fact {a over b}") but is oriented using the baseline or center of the arguments.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150756" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Brackets always have a fixed size as well. This applies to all symbols that can be used as brackets. Compare "(((a)))", "( stack{a#b#c})", "(a over b)."</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147570" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Brackets preceded by "left" or "right", however, are always adjusted to the argument. See "left(left(left(a right)right)right)", "left(stack{a#b#c}right)", "left(a over b right)."</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3145206" l10n="U" oldref="11">Some <link href="text/smath/01/03091300.xhp" name="Attributes">Attributes</link> have fixed sizes; do not change these if they are placed above a long symbol.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3154694" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">The spaces in the examples are required for the correct structure. You may not delete them when making entries in the Commands window.</paragraph>
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