On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 22:28 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: > 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
Thanks. But I don't understand what you mean by "unicode code points." Could you give me a concrete example for one symbol? Rick B. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
