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<tip category="KFormula|Keyboard">
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<p>...that you can use Ctrl-U/Ctrl-L to create an index above or below
the currently selected elements?</p>
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</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|Filters">
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<p>...that you can import and export <em>MathML</em> files?</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|General">
<html>
<p>...to get the most out of KFormula you need to install 
the TrueType version of the famous TeX fonts.
You can find them in <a href="http://www.ctan.org">ctan</a> at
<a href="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/ttf/?action=/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/">/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/</a>.
However you don't need to install all of those. Right now the fonts
<tt>cmbx10</tt>,
<tt>cmex10</tt>,
<tt>cmmi10</tt>,
<tt>cmr10</tt>,
<tt>cmsy10</tt>,
<tt>msam10</tt>
and
<tt>msbm10</tt>
are required.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>...that you can use the keys <tt>^</tt> and <tt>_</tt> to create 
right upper and lower indices? If you type <tt>Ctrl-^</tt> or 
<tt>Ctrl-_</tt> instead, you will get a left index.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>...that you can insert any of the many supported symbols by typing its
name? Simply press the backslash key, type the symbol's name and press
space.
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>...that you can insert Greek letters very easily by typing the
corresponding latin letter and pressing Ctrl-G afterwards?
</p>
</html>
</tip>

<tip category="KFormula|Keyboard">
<html>
<p>...that you can insert any number of lines using the <em>Multiline</em> element?
By inserting <tt>&</tt> you can align these lines.
</p>
</html>
</tip>