Can't find Commands window in LO Math

Hello,

I am trying to follow the instructions here to add a matrix to my LibreOffice Writer document. However, I can't find the Commands window the instructions refer to.

The official Math Guide states that I should enter the formulae markup into the "equation editor", but this doesn't not appear in my LibreOffice Writer or Math 3.5.2 in Mac OS X 10.6.8. If I try to add markup into the equation, it does not get interpreted and is taken literally as text in the equation.

Can someone point me in the right direction? Again I am trying to insert a 3 x 3 matrix into my Writer document.

Thanks!

Here is a small example of a 3x3 matrix

A =left[matrix{1 # 2 # 3 ## 4 # 5 # 6 ## 7 # 8 # 9}right]

Hope this help ;)

Hi avamk,

avamk schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to follow the instructions
> http://help.libreoffice.org/Math/Matrix here  to add a matrix to my
> LibreOffice Writer document. However, I can't find the Commands window the
> instructions refer to.

You have to start with Insert > Object > Formula. If you then do not see
the commands window, then it might be hidden. Look at the bottom edge,
whether there is a small dotted area indicating a hidden window.

Kind regards
Regina

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Hi :)
The official guides including 3rd party and guides before they get officially released are all at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
The Maths guides are down the page a bit at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Math_Guide
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sun, 29/4/12, Regina Henschel <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Regina Henschel <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find Commands window in LO Math
To: [hidden email]
Date: Sunday, 29 April, 2012, 12:45

Hi avamk,

avamk schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to follow the instructions
> http://help.libreoffice.org/Math/Matrix here  to add a matrix to my
> LibreOffice Writer document. However, I can't find the Commands window the
> instructions refer to.

You have to start with Insert > Object > Formula. If you then do not see the commands window, then it might be hidden. Look at the bottom edge, whether there is a small dotted area indicating a hidden window.

Kind regards
Regina

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Hello,

Thank you for your quick responses.

I already tried to add a formula by clicking Insert -> Object -> Formula in Writer, and I got the problem described in my original post. Here is a screenshot of what I see in a Writer document after I do Insert -> Object -> Formula:

http://imgur.com/HevWr

On the side there is also the Elements window, but there is NO Commands window, nor any space for me to enter the markup. I also tried to look for the "small dotted area indicating a hidden window", but can't find it...

If I try to enter "A =left[matrix{1 # 2 # 3 ## 4 # 5 # 6 ## 7 # 8 # 9}right] " directly into the formula box in the document, I get this:

http://imgur.com/ZBIns

I also already downloaded the LO Math guide, but it doesn't help. The screenshot in the guide shows the LO Writer window "split" in half, where the bottom half is for entering the markup. But again, as you can see in my posted screenshots, there is no such place.

I am very confused, can you point me further in the right direction?

Thanks!

Indeed there is no dotted button in your LO window.

See if any of these solutions helps
http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/86/how-to-insert-a-formulamath

Hi avamk,

avamk schrieb:
Please look whether you might be effected by
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46057

That had been a faulty update from LO3.4.4 to LO3.5.0.

Kind regards
Regina

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I went to the bug report for bug 46071, and indeed that was my problem.

The third comment by Andy gave a macro that fixes this issue. In LibreOffice Writer, I clicked on Tools -> Macros -> Organise Macros -> LibreOffice Basic... In the LibreOffice Basic Macros window, I added a New macro, then replaced the default code that appears with the following:

Sub RemoveMathEquationWindowSettings
      p = CreateUnoStruct("com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue")
      p.Name = "nodepath"
      p.Value = "/org.openoffice.Office.Views/Windows"
      cp = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider")
      ca = cp.createInstanceWithArguments(_
        "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", Array(p))
      name = "30378"
      If ca.hasByName(name) Then
        ca.removeByName(name)
        ca.commitChanges()
      End If
End Sub

Then I clicked on the button labeled "Runs the first macro of the current module" to run the code, and the problem was fixed. Now I can see the Commands window, and was able to enter the example matrix suggested by Pedro.

Many thanks to Regina for pointing me to the bug report, Andy for posting the macro, and Pedro for the example matrix! Hopefully this will be helpful to others with this problem, and that the bug will be fixed soon.