Created attachment 42590 [details] Example .doc (Word 97-2003) with embedded MathType objects Writer's handling of it's inability to edit a MathType OLE Object in a Word 97-2003 .doc file isn't very intuitive or user-friendly. The attached example file gives two embedded equations, identified as "MathType Equation" and "MathType 4.0 Equation" in Word 97. (I couldn't find any way of identifying them in Writer.) Attempting to edit the first one in Writer by double-clicking on it opens a read-only .tmp file in another Writer window, containing some of the characters used in the equation, but none of the formatting. It is not possible to edit the equation. Attempting to edit the latter (4.0 type) in Writer results in a dialog box with a red cross icon, and the text "General Error". This is a lot less helpful to a user than the behaviour in Word, where it is simply explained in a dialog box that it cannot edit the equation.
LO RC4 Ubuntu 10.04 x86 In my case first formula behavior is equal to described by dave_james. When trying to edit second formula it just highlited, without any warning or appearing other windows.
Just tried it myself on Ubuntu 10.10 x86 LibreOffice 3.3.0 OOO330m19 (Build:6) tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 and got the same for the second object as I did in Windows, the General Error dialog box.
With LibO 3.4.4 I get the same behavior in the example document. On another document I got, LibO fails to edit a "MathType 6.0 Equation" OLE in a doc file, and shows the general error popup for the same document in docx format.
Created attachment 53915 [details] A docx document with MathType 6.0 equations embedded into it
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Still happens in 3.5.0 beta2, changing status to NEW.
(In reply to comment #0) > Attempting to edit the first one in Writer by double-clicking on it opens a > read-only .tmp file in another Writer window, containing some of the > characters used in the equation, but none of the formatting. It is not > possible to edit the equation. > Attempting to edit the latter (4.0 type) in Writer results in a dialog box > with a red cross icon, and the text "General Error". (In reply to comment #3) > With LibO 3.4.4 I get the same behavior in the example document. On another > document I got, LibO fails to edit a "MathType 6.0 Equation" OLE in a doc > file, and shows the general error popup for the same document in docx format. Confirmed with: Version: 4.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 087a610fcd5c0c354a9ed6bfccd3451b667d62a3 TinderBox: Win-x86@6-debug, Branch:master, Time: 2013-08-04_21:41:24 Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview 64 bit
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Double-clicking on either one on Ubuntu, nothing happens. Some debug output: warn:oox.storage:3835:1:oox/source/helper/zipstorage.cxx:67: ZipStorage::ZipStorage exception opening input storage: VisioDocument: version 0 Found xml parser severity error Document is empty On Windows I happened to have MathType installed and it opened correctly for each formula. Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: afb82d3729bda2754d0add08cc6c4dce1dc76d59 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF-dbg, Branch:master, Time: 2015-04-14_00:05:04 Locale: en_US Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.0.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: 211c12b9c64facd1c12f637a5229bd6a6feb032a TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2015-04-18_01:51:17 Locale: fi_FI
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Seems like LO supports MathType up to v.3 or v3.1 or v.3.5. I didn't find a bug asking for MathType 4+ support, so I rename this one. https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Microsoft_Office https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Math/020/fr
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double click on first OLE object -> Writer crashes (see bug 118919) double click on second OLE object -> window with General error. still repro in Version: 6.1.0.2 (x64) Build ID: b3972dcf1284967612d5ee04fea9d15bcf0cc106 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); Calc: CL
I see a different behavior in: Version: 6.1.0.3 Build ID: 6.1.0-2 CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; Locale: de-DE (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded Attempting to edit the formulas by double-clicking simply results in nothing happens. The formulas feel like they are getting treated like images.
With attachment 53915 [details], double-clicking either formula on Windows gives General OLE error. On Linux it opens my image editor (but does not display anything. In my comment 9 I say having MathType installed would make it open the file in it. Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: b7835c1d7465db6bea4cc80b6d0c2f71596938f1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: threaded Built on 8 October 2018 Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: d9ad59da50c1172fe98f94370221c9c1b688200a CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2018-10-09_01:03:44 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: threaded
I haven't noticed anyone saying this, so I will: Why not contact Design Science - the company? They would probably be interested in ensuring compatibility of all sorts of versions with LO. After all, they already have an LO partial compat notice: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/works_with.asp#!target=libreoffice
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #16) > I haven't noticed anyone saying this, so I will: > > Why not contact Design Science - the company? They would probably be > interested in ensuring compatibility of all sorts of versions with LO. After > all, they already have an LO partial compat notice: > > http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/works_with.asp#!target=libreoffice Yes, please contact them, if you have time.
*** Bug 150486 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
LO 24.2 dev master still does not support MathType 4+: Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: bea05a79c8ed565909e341a24b298d8deab7e042 CPU threads: 20; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_DE); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded By double clicking the formula, I get this error: Error Error activating object: General OLE error.
I tried opening those attached Word documents in LO. I have no problem editing the embedded MathType (MT) objects therein; however, I have MT installed. Without it, I think the MT objects are treated as images.