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#1 2010-10-28 19:26:13

nTia89
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office formulas

hi to all

i've to manage a .docx file

with openoffice i can easily open this file and all is OK except two things:

* formulas aren't drawed
* subscript and apex aren't drawed

is there any kind of solution to it open correctly  ?

thanks


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#2 2010-10-28 19:38:22

frabjous
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Re: office formulas

Unfortunately, if OpenOffice can't open it decently well, it's unlikely AbiWord will do any better.

Have you tried uploading it to Google docs, and then exporting it to .odt or .html (or just read/edit it online)?

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#3 2010-10-28 20:15:19

nTia89
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Re: office formulas

ok, i've just tried to upload to google_docs but i've the same problem....
formulas appear like script language, like in oo.org.....

i've tried also go-oo but the same problem.....

abiword is worse. it doesn't show nothing of formulas....


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#4 2010-10-28 20:34:01

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Re: office formulas

Do they look like LaTeX formulas? Maybe the OOoLaTeX plugin would help?

Beyond that, if you live somewhere where they offer it, you could open a SkyDrive account with Microsoft and upload it there and try it in their office Web App. (I don't know whether or not that includes Italy.)

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#5 2010-10-28 20:58:02

nTia89
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Re: office formulas

yes . they look like a latex formula. so i installed oolatex extension but it doesn't work correctly.....

and microsoft skydrive doesn't allow me to modify or open the document, i think this service in italy doesn't work


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#6 2010-10-28 21:02:02

frabjous
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Re: office formulas

nTia89 wrote:

yes . they look like a latex formula. so i installed oolatex extension but it doesn't work correctly.....

It might work to copy the formulas into the clipboard, and then use the plugin to insert a new formula and paste in the code. (I'm guessing here; I've never used it.)

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#7 2010-10-28 21:04:20

nTia89
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Re: office formulas

at this point is faster "translate" manually office formulas code to oo.org formulas code.....


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#8 2010-10-28 21:08:30

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Re: office formulas

Sorry about that. Maybe someone else will have a better idea.

But, really, this is what happens when people insist on using the formats of proprietary software--only that software handles it properly. Depending on what you need to work with this .docx for and what your relationship, you might just ask the person who created this document to export to a PDF, etc., before sending it to you.

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#9 2010-10-29 18:15:55

nTia89
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Re: office formulas

blessed


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