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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2005-09-05T15:35:06">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155961"><bookmark_value>comments; entering in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inserting;comments in $[officename] Math</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154657" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">How does one attach comments that don't appear in the document to a formula?</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149499" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">A comment begins with a double percent sign <emph>%%</emph>, and extends to the next line-end character (Enter key). Everything that lies in between is ignored and is not printed out. If there are percent signs in the text, they are treated as part of the text.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_idN105D3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">a^2+b^2=c^2 %% Pythagorean theorem.</paragraph>
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