https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158655
Bug ID: 158655
Summary: No furigana (Asian Phonetic Guide) support in
LibreOffice Calc
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.6.4.1 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
LibreOffice Writer supports the use of furigana in kanji through the Asian
Phonetic Guide option.
However, LibreOffice Calc does not support it in any way, in fact the Asian
Phonetic Guide option is shown disabled in the Format menu. From my point of
view, this is incomplete support in the LibreOffice suite of the furigana
functionality supported through Asian Phonetic Guide.
It is not that furigana can be created and edited directly within a Japanese
text in a cell, it is not even supported when pasting content, in fact if you
copy a Japanese text with furigana from LibreOffice Writer to Calc, the
furigana disappears. The only way to get it to display correctly is to paste
the text as a LibreOffice 7.6 Text Document format, but doing it this way
pastes it as a text box, making the spreadsheet unmanageable.
This lack of functionality was already reported a few years ago:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124473
But from what I see, it is still not implemented.
This functionality has been fully supported in Microsoft Excel for years, where
you can create furigana in any cell for the kanji, it can be edited directly in
the cell and it can be displayed or hidden individually for each cell.
Please, we need this functionality to be implemented in LibreOffice Calc, there
are many reasons to need to use furigana when filling the contents of a cell
with Japanese text, for example to create vocabulary lists for Japanese
learners, and many other reasons.
I am willing to financially support the development of this functionality
through some type of donation, if it is not excessively expensive.
Ultimately, although I would prefer not to do it, if there is no developer
willing to undertake this task, I am a computer scientist, although I have not
programmed for some years, but I would be willing to try to implement it if I
receive enough support and help from other LibreOffice developers that they can
guide me in the development of LibreOffice, since I have no idea how it is
implemented (I don't even know in what programming language it is developed).
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a Japanese text in LibreOffice Writer that has kanji, and add some
furigana for the kanji via the Asian Phonetig Guide option.
2. Copy the text and try to paste it into LibreOffice Calc, either as plain
text, as rich format or as HTML, you will see that it is impossible, the
furigana disappear.
3. Now try to paste the text in LibreOffice 7.6 Text Document format, you will
see that now the furigana characters are displayed correctly above the kanji,
but the problem is that it has been pasted as a text box, making the sheet
unmanageable.
Actual Results:
By pasting the text into some manageable format that allows the content to be
edited (plain text, RTF or HTML), the furigana disappears.
Expected Results:
Although you cannot create and edit furigana directly from LibreOffice Calc, as
Microsoft Excel does allow, it should at least allow you to paste Japanese text
with furigana from LibreOffice Writer, respecting the furigana format and
displaying it correctly.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 7.6.4.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 60(Build:1)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.6; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: es-ES (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
7.6.4-1
Calc: threaded
For users who use Linux, we have no alternative. If you use Windows, you can
indeed use Microsoft Excel, which supports this functionality. But for those
users who usually use Linux, there is no alternative right now, there is no
other spreadsheet on the market that supports the use of furigana on Linux.
Therefore, LibreOffice being the most complete and important office suite used
in Linux, it is important to support this functionality.
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