https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143996
Bug ID: 143996 Summary: In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to work. Product: LibreOffice Version: 7.2.0.2 rc Hardware: All OS: Windows (All) Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: Writer Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: tarotf...@protonmail.com Description: In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to work, as selected in: Tools > Options… > Language Settings > English Sentence Checking > Punctuation. The only way I have found to get a true minus sign to appear in LO Writer is to manually go to: Insert > Insert Special Character… (or use the icon in the Standard Tool Bar). I have tested this with my two most-used fonts: Cambria Math and Arial. A true minus sign from the Insert Special Characters menu (located in Mathematical Operators > Hex: U+ 2212 for the Cambria Math font) is the same size but longer than a hyphen and is elevated somewhat from it to distinguish it from the en dash. It does not seem to matter if you use spaces before and/or after the typed hyphen or enclose the negative number within a pair of parentheses as is frequently done in hand written formulas. I had examples included in this description, but in whatever font this is, the difference between a hyphen, en dash, and a true minus sign were indistinguishable from one another, so I deleted the examples. Note: I have both Force en dash and Forced em dash deselected in the Punctuation section, although checking them or unchecking them seems to make no difference. Steps to Reproduce: Try typing a minus sign using the hyphen key (with or without leading and/or trailing spaces) with the Multiplication checkbox checked in the following location: Tools > Options… > Language Settings > English Sentence Checking > Punctuation Actual Results: No squiggly blue line appears under the hyphen to prompt you if you want to force a minus sign or ignore the grammar checker. Expected Results: A prompt to transform the hyphen to a true minus sign if so desired. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 7.2.0.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 614be4f5c67816389257027dc5e56c801a547089 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: default; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.