Bug 129161 - Impossible to enter superscript and subscript strings in chart axes/titles
Summary: Impossible to enter superscript and subscript strings in chart axes/titles
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 84454
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All macOS (All)
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2019-12-03 16:21 UTC by Eskil Andersen
Modified: 2019-12-04 06:43 UTC (History)
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Description Eskil Andersen 2019-12-03 16:21:38 UTC
Description:
I was trying to make a graph in calc where one of the axes depict acceleration which has the units m/s^2. I would have preferred to show the 2 as uppercase to denote the square, but I don't think there is any way to do that currently

Actual Results:
All text has the same case in the charts

Expected Results:
I would like to have a way to change the text case in the chart axes/titles


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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Comment 1 Alex Thurgood 2019-12-04 06:37:45 UTC
 Confirming with LO6332 on macOS 10.14.6

I tried several ways to achieve this :

- entering the axis title in a first cell in the series of data, and when setting up the graph, using the first cell as the axis title - this allows you to enter superscript or subscript characters in the cell, but unfortunately, the sub/superscripted characters are converted back to normal case when the graph is created ;

- entering a character string for an axis title in either the chart wizard, or by editing the axis title after the graph has been created - none of these methods allow the user to sub/superscript characters in the character string by direct keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Cmd-Shift-P on Mac) - indeed the latter causes the wizard to move back one step (which is probably yet another bug) ;

- attempting to edit the axis title by selecting its frame, or a portion of the character string therein, and then context menu "Format Title" does not provide the "Effects" dropdown menu which in normal circumstances would allow the user to select the sub/superscript effects.
Comment 2 Alex Thurgood 2019-12-04 06:40:36 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 84454 ***
Comment 3 Alex Thurgood 2019-12-04 06:43:03 UTC
Note that the suggested workaround in comment 4 of bug 84454 is a poor man's solution at best.