The primary examples are the transcendental functions, such as sin, cos, and ln. This process is made much easier by automatic substitution. If you type the letters s , i , and n in mathematics, Scientific WorkPlace replaces them by the single multicharacter object, sin. You can create your own multi-character names and have them recognized automatically. Use of Color and Fonts Scientific WorkPlace uses color to distinguish logical elements of a document.
Normal text uses a black upright font while mathematics uses a red italic font.
This makes the distinction between text and mathematics very clear, and at the same time allows you to insert mathematics anywhere that you can insert plain text. Basic computations are performed by placing the insertion point in an expression and choosing an operation from a menu. The results of the computation follow the expression. The insertion point is placed at the end of the result. Scientific WorkPlace makes no distinction between the result of a computation and any other part of your document.