https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157156
Bug ID: 157156
Summary: Symbols in a MathType equation do not convert
correctly
Product: Document Liberation Project
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: General
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 189437
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sample .docx document with greek letters
Hello everyone.
(I suppose this report is a Document Liberation Project bug ; sorry if this is
wrong. I dunno to which component it should be attached)
When you import a MSword .docx document that has equations that use the
MathType format, all the symbols, e.g. greek letters, are lost.
Tested on MacOS only (.docs documents created on the mac), but probably
windows-related also.
Bug occurs with LibreOffice or LibreOffice-online, no matter the version
(tested 4.X and 7.X).
I suspect an origin :
- MathType format encode symbols using a 'standard' character but tagged with a
specific font, typically "Symbol".
E.g : in MathType the greek letter Phi is poly encoded with a simple 'p', but
with Symbol font
- in OpenOffice equation, a symbol is a marked-up character, e.g. %phi
- when converting MathType to OpenOffice, the converted probably ignores the
MathType fonts employed
A (wrong) solution consists in changing the font in the equation in openOffice
once the document has been loaded.
This redisplays the symbols (e.g. greek characters). Hourra !
... but it also turns all the original english characters into Greek :)
Thanks for attention,
Cheer up !
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