Rick Bilonick wrote:
When I specify "Symbol", the actual symbol displayed looks different from both OpenSymbols and Standard Symbol L. When I do this, the symbols show up OK in MS Word. If I use OpenSymbols or Standard Symbol L then they don't show up in text.
Ok, I had access today to an XP system with OOo and Office on it and played around for a few minutes. I think it was Office2k; I forgot to check.
I was able to reproduce your problem: %alpha, etc. in formulas work fine for OOo, but saved as .doc and opened in Word, they produce "missing glyph" squares.
The funny thing is, the formulas are embedded in the .doc file as OLE objects and double-clicking on them actually brings up OOo Math to edit the formula. So the symbols are not showing in Word even though they are being displayed by OOo Math--that really makes no sense; maybe I'm not understanding something there. Anyway, I think this also means that anyone wanting to edit your formulas in Word will have to have OOo installed as well.
I was able to get symbols to display in formulas exported to Word by typing the Unicode code points into the formula editor, or by dragging them from the character map. So Math can handle Unicode and it displays exactly the same in Word as it does in Writer.
I could also use the Tools > Catalog to define new %symbols, specifying the Open Symbol font, and those worked also in Word.
A formula pasted as a GDI Metafile also worked, but had the same behavior: missing glyphs with %alpha; ok with Unicode characters.
I will also say that Word seemed most unhappy with the document I exported: it was very slow to open (10-20s), crashed once, was very sluggish in re-painting the screen, etc.
All in all, I think it's do-able but I'd stick to PDF. <Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
