Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 7819
W i d e spacing of subscript from variable
Last modified: 2008-05-17 22:59:21 UTC
When using subscripts in formulas, the subscript is spaced too wide, or far apart from the variable being subscripted. The result looks very unprofessional. I have observed this problem with many different fonts, and it appears to be caused by the fact that kerning is not performed in the rendering of formulas. This appears to be evidenced by the fact that the subscript is placed after the right side of the variable's bounding box, as shown in the linked image: http://home.earthlink.net/~crobc/oo-bug/new.f-sub.spacing.png It would be very difficult at this point to produce passable scientific and mathematical documents for publication with OO.org with the present lack of control over the spacing of subscripts from variables in the formula editor. Hopefully this limitation can be be eliminated through some enhancement. Suse Linux 7.3 OOo 1.0.1
The problem is worse when you change the default Times font used by OpenOffice for equations. I was using Times New Roman, and the spacing is very large with this font. Still, the lack of kerning in equations (it appears this is the root of the problem) perhaps coupled with some other bugs in the equation rendering code such as indicated in issue 9777, cause OOo to render poor quality subscript spacing in general.
Reassigned to Bettina.
Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1 Final , you can download it from www.openoffice.org many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1 Final . If the problem still happend in 1.1 please report back. or try OOo 1.1.1a (not final version yet) It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try.
Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1.1rc3 , you can download it from http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.1rc3/index.html many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1.1rc3 . If the problem still happend in 1.1.1rc3 please report back. It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try. and Feel free to reopen it again. Long time no activity, old version, no further comment, worksforme
This issue needs to be reopened. It was not solved, and I suspect that it is related to issue 9202. The subscripts appear very far from variables, which seriously effects the usage of OpenOffice for papers and patent-applications.
Created attachment 30980 [details] MS equation (top) versus OOo formula (bottom)
The Issue you raised has been marked as 'Resolved' and not updated within the last 1 year+. I am therefore setting this issue to 'Verified' as the first step towards Closing it. If you feel this is incorrect, please re-open the issue and add any comments. Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
As per previous posting: Verified -> Closed. A Closed Issue is a Happy Issue (TM). Regards, Andrew