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Comment 35 for bug 256876

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claus (claus-erhard-wimmer) wrote on 2010-04-16: Re: [Bug 256876] Re: [upstream] MathType formulas messed up and not converted in Open Office

#35

I'am also a big MATH-SYMBOSS!

2010/4/16 Andreas <email address hidden>:
> Bump.
>
> I can see Greek characters fine but large braces, arrow, and a math
> symbos (such as \partial) show up as black diamonds with question marks.
>
> Adding Symbol -> OpenSymbol in the font replacement table does not fix
> this (perhaps the characters involved are actually from a different
> windows font, or those characters are missing from OpenSymbol?). Perhaps
> also this is a character encoding problem (don't know if utf-8 or utf-16
> are used / supported by both powerpoint and OOo Impress).
>
> I agree with the posts above, it's a total showstopper for me, since
> sadly collaborators / bosses / secretaries use Windows / Macs which come
> with MS office.
>
> --
> [upstream] MathType formulas messed up and not converted in Open Office
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256876
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> OpenOffice Writer does not show and convert MathType equations correctly. When the .doc file containing MathType 5 formulas is opened in OO, all symbols of integrals, derivatives, sums etc. are missed or substituted by funny characters. As a result the formulas are messed up completely. The formulas are not converted to OO Math, but shown as figures (not editable) even if "convert math from/to MathType" option is selected.
>
> This bug seems to be ubuntu-specific. Original bug sent to OO team was not reproduced (http://<email address hidden>/msg396313.html). However, it was confirmed in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10alpha, but not in Mandriva Spring (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872833).
> The bug exists even when the deb package provided on the OO.o website is used instead of the ubuntu repos version.
>
> This bug is really critical for people, who exchange documents with formulas with collaborators using MSWord+MathType.
>
> The test file can be found in original bug report (http://<email address hidden>/msg396313.html).
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/256876/+subscribe
>

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I'am also a big MATH-SYMBOSS!

2010/4/16 Andreas <launchpad.0bpf@gishpuppy.com>:
> Bump.
>
> I can see Greek characters fine but large braces, arrow, and a math
> symbos (such as \partial) show up as black diamonds with question marks.
>
> Adding Symbol -> OpenSymbol in the font replacement table does not fix
> this (perhaps the characters involved are actually from a different
> windows font, or those characters are missing from OpenSymbol?). Perhaps
> also this is a character encoding problem (don't know if utf-8 or utf-16
> are used / supported by both powerpoint and OOo Impress).
>
> I agree with the posts above, it's a total showstopper for me, since
> sadly collaborators / bosses / secretaries use Windows / Macs which come
> with MS office.
>
> --
> [upstream] MathType formulas messed up and not converted in Open Office
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256876
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed
> Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> OpenOffice Writer does not show and convert MathType equations correctly. When the .doc file containing  MathType 5 formulas is opened in OO, all symbols of integrals, derivatives, sums etc. are missed or substituted by funny characters. As a result the formulas are messed up completely. The formulas are not converted to OO Math, but shown as figures (not editable) even if "convert math from/to MathType" option is selected.
>
> This bug seems to be ubuntu-specific. Original bug sent to OO team was not reproduced (http://www.mail-archive.com/allbugs@openoffice.org/msg396313.html). However, it was confirmed in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10alpha, but not in Mandriva Spring (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872833).
> The bug exists even when the deb package provided on the OO.o website is used instead of the ubuntu repos version.
>
> This bug is really critical for people, who exchange documents with formulas with collaborators using MSWord+MathType.
>
> The test file can be found in original bug report (http://www.mail-archive.com/allbugs@openoffice.org/msg396313.html).
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/256876/+subscribe
>

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55246 Mainz Kostheim
Handy: 01520 143 8758
Inet-Tel.: 01801 555 777 1490
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