Bug#487948: openoffice.org-writer: writer exporting to .doc: greek characters in eq.s are (almost) lost
tag 487948 + moreinfo
thanks
giacomo boffi wrote:
> when i save a document containing a formula with greek letters to .doc
> format, the greek letters (or more, see later) disappear when opening
> the .doc using some sort of word
Unreproducible. I don't have Word.
> here i have a very minimal example,
>
> i open a new oowriter document, insert a ole formula object
> "sin ( %phi ) = 3 + 4 a"
> then i "save as" example.doc, put my saved example.doc on a usb key
> and later open using (a) word2004 for mac or (b) word2007 for windows
>
> in (a) i have an equation with a "?" in place of phi, and nothing
> that i can do, except erasing the "?" and manually inputing the
> "phi" symbol in equation editor
>
> in (b), using a collegue's pc, there are 3 empty boxes displayed
> [][][] in place of (phi), but this can be changed in equation
> editor selecting the three ??? that appear in place of the empty
> boxes and changing the font
>
> as you can see from (b), some information is there (in the word
> document's equation, i mean), and some information is missing...
Does this also happen in a "normal" build from www.openoffice.org?
Please try, and if yes, file an issue there please (and tell me the
issue number so I can mark it as forwaded).
Regards,
Rene
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