On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Howard Morris (aka Col Boogie) < howard_cary_mor...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > > On 11/16/2015 7:38 PM, F C. Costero wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Howard Morris (aka Col Boogie) < > >> howard_cary_mor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I went to open a new document. > >>> I saw the note there was new version available, so I downloaded it. > >>> > >>> First thing I noticed was the spell check is still not working, let’s > fix > >>> it before people stop using Writer. > >>> > >>> Next thing I noticed was a small change to the formula generator (math > >>> calc?) in Writer. > >>> The symbol for product seems to have changed. It should look like the > >>> large capital letter pi, P. > >>> Also the ‘from’ and ‘to’ blocks should be centered above and below the > P. > >>> This is relatively minor, but thought you should know. > >>> > >>> Howard > >>> > >> > >> > >> I haven't had any problem with the spell check in the latest version. I > >> suggest you reset your user profile. There is a tutorial on the English > >> forum: > >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426 > >> I also did a quick check of the product symbol in Math and I didn't see > >> any > >> problem. What font are you using for the formula. You can see that under > >> the menu Format -> Fonts when the formula editor is active. > >> > >> > > I am seeing similar problems with the product formula symbol. Exported as > > PDF, it looks fine. Viewed in Writer, the capital Pi lacks serifs, making > > it look very strange. When I click on it in the formula editor, it is at > > the bottom left of a dotted box, and the limits are aligned relative to > the > > box. Not WYSIWYG. > > > > The fonts are: > > > > Variables: Times New roman, Italic > > Functions, Numbers, Text, and Serif: Times New Roman > > Sans: Arial > > Fixed: Courier New > > > > I have uploaded the files to http://www.patriciashanahan.com/OpenOffice. > > product.bmp is a screen shot of the formula editor. product.odt is the > > actual file. product.pdf is the PDF export. > > > > Patricia > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > Hi Patricia, > My fonts are set just as yours are but your odt file looks normal when I > open it, not at all like your bmp. When I click on the Pi in the formula > editor it is centered both vertically and horizontally in the dotted box. > That was all on Windows 7. I also looked at a similar formula in Linux and > had no problem. The fonts there are Liberation Serif, Liberation Sans and > DejaVu Sans Mono. If no one has a suggestion here in the next several > hours, I'll open a thread on the user forum to see if anyone there has an > idea. > > Francis > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I did not see anywhere in profile to change spell check options. > If it makes a difference, I am on Windows 10 now. > All my formula fonts point to Times New Roman. > I put in spelling errors on purpose and clicked the Spelling and grammar > icon – no errors found. > > Howard Sorry I was unclear. I meant that you should rename (or delete) the user folder that contains the profile. This will trigger the creation of a new folder. OpenOffice has to be shut down to rename the folder. Regards, Francis
