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Linux Newbie Administrator Guide

From

wordprocessor):


   

<Ctrl>x Cut

   

<F1> Help

   

<Ctrl><Space> Non-breaking space


   

<Ctrl>c Copy

   

<F2> Formula bar

   

<Ctrl><Shift> Non-breaking hyphen


   

<Ctrl>v Paste

   

<F3> Autotext completion

   

<Ctrl><Enter> Manual (hard) page-break


   

<Ctrl>a Select All

   

<F4> Data source view on/off

   

<Shift><Enter> Line-break without paragraph change


   

<Ctrl>f Find (and replace)

   

<Shift><F4> Toggle asolute-relative references in a spreadsheet formula.

   

<Ctrl><Shift><Enter> Manual column break (in multi-columnar document)


   

<Ctrl>z Undo

   

<F5> Navigator on/off

   

<Insert> Insert/overwrite mode on/off


   

<Ctrl><Shift>p Superscript

   

<F7> Spellcheck

   

<Home> Go to beginning of the line


   

<Ctrl><Shift>b Subscript

   

<F9> Update fields (or recalculate spreadsheet)

   

<End> Go to end of the line


   


   

<F11> Stylist on/off

   

<Ctrl><Home> Go to beginning of the document


   


   

<F12> Numbering on/off

   

<Ctrl><End> Go to end of the document

Selection with mouse:

<LeftMouseButton> Select text, cells, etc.

<Shift><LeftMouseButton> Extend the current selection.

Dragging with Mouse:

<LeftMouseButton> Drag the selection to move it.

<Ctrl><LeftMouseButton> Copy the selection to the dragged location.

Some codes used inside equations:

   
   

Element type

   

Example


   

Fractions

   

1 over {2+3}
{a + b} over {d + e}


   

Superscripts

   

a^2 + b^c = c^2
a^n a^m = a^{n+m}


   

Subscripts

   

a_1, a_2, ... a_n
K_r=K_0 e^{-E_a over {kT}}


   

Roots

   

Sqrt {a+b}
nroot 3 {a+b}


   

Greek letters

   

%alpha %beta %gamma %delta %epsilon %varepsilon %zeta %eta %theta %vartheta %iota %kappa %lambda %mu %nu %xi %omicron %pi %varpi %rho %varrho %sigma %varsigma %tau %upsilon %phi %varphi %chi %psi %omega newline
%ALPHA %BETA %GAMMA %DELTA %EPSILON %ZETA %ETA %THETA %IOTA %KAPPA %LAMBDA %MU %NU %XI %OMICRON %PI %RHO %SIGMA %TAU %UPSILON %PHI %CHI %PSI %OMEGA


   

Common relationships

   

= approxequiv def sim simeq prop <> < <= << > >= >> <> dlarrow drarrow dlrarrow towards parallel ortho leslant geslant transl

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