As far as I can tell, Writer converts the MathType formulae into OLE Objects and apart from changing their attributes they cannot be edited.
Graham On 15 August 2014 22:50, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I thought the Math (maybe called "Formula" now?) module/app could import > various different formats. MathML 1.01 (mml) might be one MS Office uses? > > I'm not sure how much that helps if there are tons of formulae > interspersed with normal text :( > > Maybe the Published Guides might help? > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Math_Guide > > Good luck! Hopefully someone else here might have a better answer! > Please let us know how this goes > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 15 August 2014 17:02, Graham Luffrum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Someone has sent me to translate an MS doc containing equations written >> with MathType. On opening it in Writer the equations often get garbled >> due, >> I guess, to the lack of the appropriate fonts required to display them. >> (If relevant I'm using LibreOffice 4.3.0.2 under Linux Mint 17.) Is it >> possible to get the fonts? >> >> As a second question, is there any way in which one can edit MathType >> equations in Writer? I guess the answer is no. >> >> As someone who frequently is asked to translate mathematical papers (from >> Slovak to English) which are written in Word (MS Office rules in this neck >> of the woods even in academia) I usually have to resort to getting my >> other >> laptop out, which has Windows on it as LO simply cannot cope reliably with >> equations produced in Word. I guess it is almost certainly asking for far >> too much for compatibility here. Before somebody asks why academics are >> writing mathematical papers in Word and not in Latex, I guess it's because >> MS provide the universities with cheap versions of Office and so lock them >> in, but then I could be wrong. >> >> Graham >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
