Bug 37127 - Functionality request: add ability to insert formulas inline with text in Impress.
Summary: Functionality request: add ability to insert formulas inline with text in Imp...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 35033
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
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3.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2011-05-12 02:00 UTC by rfvuhbtg
Modified: 2012-10-22 09:14 UTC (History)
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Description rfvuhbtg 2011-05-12 02:00:15 UTC
In LibreOffice Writer, it is possible to insert a formula inline with text. However, there does not appear to be any way to do this in Impress. One can still insert a formula, but it is put in as its own object, separate from the text box, and therefore it is practically impossible to align it with the text.

If only things like Greek letters are needed, I can just insert them as special characters, and I can still use stand-alone formulas, *but*, sometimes it would be very useful to be able to insert special math characters (like the vector "hat" arrows, etc. or a nontrival fraction) inline with text in a text box in Impress, and so far I see no way to do that, although it is possible in Writer.

Could the method used in the code to do this in Writer be extended to work within text boxes in Impress as well?
Comment 1 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:05:18 UTC
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-01-24 10:05:30 UTC
it is because such functionality not yet implemented, I will transform this bugreport to functionality request

Workaround: create text with formulas in Writer, then select this text, press Ctrl-C. Then in Impress do Edit->Paste special and choose LibreOffice Text Document. Will created OLE object that looks exactly as in Writer.
Comment 3 Paul-Antoine Arras 2012-10-22 09:14:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 35033 ***