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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.penalver@xxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- [upstream] MathType formulas messed up and not converted in Open Office
+ MathType formulas messed up and not converted

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Title:
  MathType formulas messed up and not converted

Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  Incomplete
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  Confirmed
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  OpenOffice Writer does not show and convert MathType equations
  correctly. When the .doc file containing  MathType 5 formulas is
  opened in OO, all symbols of integrals, derivatives, sums etc. are
  missed or substituted by funny characters. As a result the formulas
  are messed up completely. The formulas are not converted to OO Math,
  but shown as figures (not editable) even if "convert math from/to
  MathType" option is selected.

  This bug seems to be ubuntu-specific. Original bug sent to OO team was not reproduced (http://www.mail-archive.com/allbugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg396313.html). However, it was confirmed in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10alpha, but not in Mandriva Spring (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872833).
  The bug exists even when the deb package provided on the OO.o website is used instead of the ubuntu repos version.

  This bug is really critical for people, who exchange documents with
  formulas with collaborators using MSWord+MathType.

  The test file can be found in original bug report (http://www.mail-
  archive.com/allbugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg396313.html).

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