Learn LibreOffice Math

Introduction

LibreOffice Writer is a free and open-source Formula Editing application of the LibreOffice software package. Math can be invoked in your text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings, enabling you to insert perfectly formatted mathematical and scientific formulas. Your formulas can include a wide range of elements, from fractions, terms with exponents and indices, integrals, and mathematical functions, to inequalities, systems of equations, and matrices.

You can start Math either as a stand-alone application directly from the LibreOffice Start Center or directly from within other LibreOffice applications such as Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw.

ICT Competency	ICT for creating generic resources
Educational application and relevance	LibreOffice Writer is a software used for creating (including writing, editing, formatting, type setting and possibly printing) mathematical formulae.
Version	5.1.6.2 LibreOffice Writer is also available on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. This tool has no specific configuration requirements but in this application you can use many extra features by installing extensions
Other similar applications	FxSolver, MathType,
The application on mobiles and tablets	You can download https://www.libreoffice.org/download/android-viewer. There are text editors on the mobile / tablet platform like ''"OpenDocumentReader" App and WPS Office App.
Development and community help	The Document Foundation Community help

Overview of features

LibreOffice Math lets you type and format mathematical formulae that can include signs and symbols. In this application you can save the documents in a variety of formats, including the standardized Open Document Format (ODF) or MathML Format (mml). Here you can easily export your document to the Portable Document Format(PDF).

Installation

1. The application is part of the Ubuntu custom distribution.
2. In case you do not find it on your computer, you can install by choosing “LibreOffice” in Ubuntu Software Centre
3. If you would like to install through the terminal follow these steps below:
   1. Open terminal by clicking (Ctrl+Alt+T),
   2. Once Window page is open, in front of dollar($) symbol just type below command.
   3. sudo apt-get install libreOffice-math

Working with the application

Using the Formula Editor, you can create a formula as a separate document or file for a formula library, or insert formulas directly into a document using LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Impress, or Draw.