https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162567
Bug ID: 162567
Summary: [FEATURE REQUEST] Embed equations within text fields
in all apps like ONLYOFFICE does
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.2.5.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Formula Editor
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
The only office app I use is LibreOffice for decades, but as a physicists, I
need to add equations to my texts and slides all the time. Ideally, we want to
use Latex as the language to write down the equations. To do this in
LibreOffice, I use the TexMaths equation and it works, but it's not perfect.
I've recently tried ONLYOFFICE and they have a MUCH MUCH better approach. Their
own equation editor already accepts Latex notation. But more importantly, the
equations are handled as part of the text fields, instead of being a separate
OLE object like LibreOffice's equation or TexMaths SVG objects.
The ONLYOFFICE approach is significantly better, since it allow us to include
equations within the text areas, and the font size/color follow the formats
used in the text area.
I believe that nowadays MS Office does the same thing, as some people have told
me. But I don't have MS Office to try it.
After decades using LibreOffice, for the first time a different office suite
has called my attention and the only thing that holds me is inertia, because
this feature would really make my life MUCH easier.
Please consider this improvement on the equation editor for all LibreOffice
apps.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert a formula in LibreOffice writer within a text paragraph.
2. Select the whole paragraph and change the font size/color.
1. On Impress, there's no way to add a formula within a text field.
Actual Results:
On Writer, the formula will not change font color/size and we need to open the
Formula Editor to change it and make it match the paragraph.
On Impress the text and formula are two separate objects and needs to be
handled and positioned/aligned manually.
Expected Results:
Formatting the paragraph should change the color/size/etc of the formula within
the paragraph.
On Impress, the formula should be inserted within the text field and handled as
a single object with the text.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
All these features seem to work fine in both ONLYOFFICE and MS Office.
Moreover, both allow for full or partial use of Latex language.
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