For me, moving documents with formulas from word to OO and back has not worked well. I either convert the document to pdf.
-G On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 01:30 -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote: > Hello, > > I have received a file made in MS Word (probably XP) with some > mathematical formulae. > Whenever I try to save it to .doc to be sent back to the author (who, > by the way, does not have OOo so I absolutely have to send it as an MS > Word file), the formula seen in the attached files gives me massive > trouble: > 1- If I don't touch the formula at all, whether I mess around or not > with the rest of the document, it will appear as in Testdoc.doc after > saving - looks way narrower than the original but the content is fine. > 2- If I just try to edit the formula by double-clicking on it, it will > turn into what is seen in Testdoc6.doc - a completely different thing > that doesn't make any sense. > 3- If I copy the definition of the formula from the original file, > re-type it on my new file and only *then* do I save it, it will look > as in Testdoc8.doc - perfect in OOo, but reportedly some symbols are > missing when seen in MS Word. > > Any ideas on why this might be happening and how to prevent it? > > Thanks in advance, > > -Fibo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
