How do you display a square root symbol using openofficeorg impress?

Answer 1

In a text box:

ALT-Insert -> Special Character

Then search for it (it appears at U+221A in Liberation Sans/Mathematical operators; probably in same place for other fonts too).

Alternatively, you can use:

Alt_Insert -> Object -> Formula

to insert a formula box and use the function:

sqrt{}

To display the square root symbol around , for example sqrt{b^{2} + c^{2}}

These work throughout the openoffice.org programs.