Issue 8276

Summary:

Can't Edit Imported Formulas from MS Word

Product:

Writer

Reporter:

Unknown <non-migrated>

Component:

code

Assignee:

stefan.baltzer

Status:

CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE

QA Contact:

issues@sw <issues>

Severity:

Trivial

Priority:

CC:

issues

Version:

643

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

OS:

Linux, all

Issue Type:

DEFECT

Latest Confirmation in:

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Description	Flags
A document containing some formulas that can't be edited	none

Description Unknown 2002-10-12 15:13:52 UTC

Versions 1.0.1 and 643 cannot edit formulas imported from word. It worked fine
in 1.0.

The error message is:
Error Activating Object: General OLE Error.

On a brighter note, the formalas appear much more correctly in 643 than previous
versions.

Comment 1 Unknown 2002-10-12 15:15:29 UTC

Created attachment 3146 [details]
A document containing some formulas that can't be edited

Comment 2 caolanm 2002-10-14 09:57:48 UTC

See: Tools->options->load/save->microsoft office->mathtype <->
starmath conversion

The default to always convert them changed between versions, without
conversion you get exactly the same image as was created in the
original application, but you cannot edit. With conversion you get the
a converted editable equation. The default was changed because it can
be very slow to convert all the embedded objects (especially when they
are excel sheets or powerpoint slides) in a document.

Comment 3 caolanm 2002-10-14 09:58:16 UTC

closed, not a bug.