Bug 44946

Summary: Editing Microsoft Equation 3.0 equations imported from Word looses Greek characters
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Orion Poplawski <orion>
Component: Formula EditorAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: iamtester8, sasha.libreoffice
Version: 3.3.4 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
Attachments: Document containing Microsoft Equation 3.0 object

Description Orion Poplawski 2012-01-19 09:27:34 UTC
Created attachment 55799 [details]
Document containing Microsoft Equation 3.0 object

On import, Microsoft Equation 3.0 style equations appear mostly fine.  But upon editing them the Greek characters revert to Latin letters.  In the attached test case, Delta becomes D and omega becomes w.
Comment 1 tester8 2012-01-25 08:40:08 UTC
NOT reproduced with

LOdev 3.5.0rc1
e40af8c-10029e3-615e522-88673a2-727f724
Ubuntu 10.04.3 x86
Linux 2.6.32-37-generic Russian UI

Probably problems with OpenSymbol font on your system.
See Bug 32052 to know how I solved similar problem. Please report your result.
Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-08 05:41:53 UTC
not reproduced in 3.3.4 and 3.5.3 on Fedora 64 bit and Windows 7 32 bit
Comment 3 Orion Poplawski 2012-05-08 11:27:48 UTC
Removing the system /usr/share/fonts/opensymbol/opens___.ttf didn't help.  The symbols display fine initially, they just change when you edit them.  I still see it with libreoffice-core-3.4.5.2-13.fc16.i686 and libreoffice-core-3.5.2.1-6.fc17.x86_64.
Comment 4 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-10 03:07:33 UTC
Thanks tor additional information.
Reproduced in 3.3.4 and 3.5.3 on Fedora 64 bit
Steps to reproduce:
0. Open attachment in Writer
1. Double click formula
Expected: all characters remains correct
Actually: delta and omega transforms to D and w

Changing version to 3.3.4 as most early reproducible
On Windows not tested
Comment 5 foss 2014-05-04 12:57:11 UTC
Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: f76026a43acc65465882924796d93e635c35fd90
TinderBox: MacOSX-x86@49-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-05-04_06:32:55

Confirmed with latest nightly.

Opening test file shows very odd graphic. Double click that graphic, formula opens and as sasha described: D and w are replacing Delta and Omaga signs

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