Insert operators

The Operators page on the Equations panel contains commonly used operators, roots, powers, signs, subscripts, superscripts, and logic symbols.

If an expression is selected when you insert the operator, the expression becomes the first operand. The following examples show the result of clicking the plus sign Plussign or the division operator Devidesign on the Operators page.

Before clicking

After clicking

Before clickingplus sign when nothing is selected in an expression

Result afterclicking plus sign when nothing is selected in an expression

Before clickingplus sign where a part of the expression is selected

Result afterclicking plus sign where a part of the expression is selected

Before clickingdivision operator where a part of the expression is selected

Result afterclicking division operator where a part of the expression is selected

You can represent the division operator as a slash (/), a horizontal bar Minus sign, or a division sign Devision sign.

FrameMaker can evaluate exponents mathematically, but not superscripts.

Figure 1. (A) Superscript (B) Exponent
Exampleequation with superscript and exponent in FrameMaker