Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols

On 05/27/2011 12:42 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> I don't know which is CDOT in OpenSymbol (it looks like a vertically-centered dot, but it appears attached to 
> the "b" in the JPG and there are at least six symbols that look like it in OpenSymbol), so I 
> couldn't check this but ...
>
> Do you have Lucida Sans Unicode on your installation of Writer?  It may work better to choose your 
> symbols from there if you can find the ones you want.  Check the Unicode that LO Writer shows for 
> the character in OpenSymbol and then look at other fonts to see which ones also have the symbol for 
> that Unicode Code Point.
>
> Look in the Insert | Special Character ... dialog for matches in different fonts.
>
> Not a perfect solution, but it might provide a work-around for now.
>
>   - Dennis
>
> PS: I looked in Symbol and it doesn't have the character you want, so font substitution won't help. 
>  But other fonts seem to have centered small dots.
The problem with using Unicode fonts is many people do not have one 
installed on their Windows computers, by default.  You may have to find 
out what fonts they have.  Do you want these people to be able to edit 
your document?  If not, then I would use some PDF printer that embeds 
all the fonts you use in your document into the PDF document.  I use 
doPDF for the Windows environment.  That way, no matter what fonts I 
use, fancy, decorative, specialized, or just standard looking, my 
document will look exactly the way I want and not rely on the other 
person's system to substitute my fonts for what they might have.

I tend to use Arial Unicode more often than the others, when I need to 
have a Unicode font in my document.  Sometimes I will make sure what the 
other people use and then install them and work with their Unicode 
fonts.  If they do not have one, I send one along with my .doc or .odt 
files, if they need to do edits.

If I had a choice, I would create my equation in an image file and use 
that image instead of any text equation in the document.  That way I 
could have more control over the look of the equation's format.  The 
last time I had to do anything like that was several years ago, and 
before I even knew about OOo/LO's equation editor module.



> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 01:37
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> Subject: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols
>
> http://pl.libreofficeforum.org/sites/default/files/uploads/deveee_files/ZRZUT_EKRANU10.jpg
> http://pl.libreofficeforum.org/sites/default/files/uploads/deveee_files/ZRZUT_EKRANU20.jpg
>
> I create math symbols on writer. It doesn't have font "Symbol". Only "OpenSymbol". Next I send 
> document to somebody, who have only MS Word.
> He doesn't have "OpenSymbol". Word doesn't display some symbols. For example CDOT on math equation.
>
> It's a problem when I must work with somebody who has only Word.
>
> It could be solved if I could change font to official "Symbol". But I don't see it on properties.
>
> Maybe better compatibility on saving to doc...
>
> Any suggestions?
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