On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 07:30 +0530, Dr. J. S. Lather wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > > What I feel, the openoffice is not getting popular in scientific community > is because it has entirely different formula inserts. If you can get in > Openoffice the same kind of support Microsoft Word has provided for > MathType, then I think that Openoffice will be used extensively in > Universities worldwide.
Are you aware that the Microsoft equation editor is a trimmed down version of MathType by Design Science[1] and that the full version of MathType allow both export and import and copy and paste of equations with OpenOffice.org[2][3]? My issue with MathType however is that you are at the mercy of a single company which can change the file format at a whim. > Kindly consider my this mail as "Feature Required" This is not the forum for feature requests. Requests For Enhancement (RFE's) are in all large Open Source Projects handled in the same way as bug reports. They are registered in the bug tracker and voted upon[4]. [1] http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/default.htm [2] http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/works_with.htm?target=openoffice [3] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Formula/Is_Math_compatible_with_the_equation_editor_of_Microsoft_Word%3F [4] http://qa.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
