Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 12567
WYSIWYG formula editor
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:26 UTC
I was wondering if the formula editor could be made wysiwyg. Right now I have to create formulas using the commands and unfortunately I don't know the syntax of the formula commands. I could probably learn the command language easily but I would rather see an intuitive process that helps me learn using the interface as I go along. I think that if the formula editor in Writer and Impress became wysiwyg, it would help me enormously in quickly coming upto speed. I strongly believe that I am not in a minority.
Reassigned to Bettina.
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*** Issue 108392 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Yes, this issue is valid for OO Writer 3.1.1 too.
I think this is a major importance feature. There are LOTS of users who use formulas in their documents, and only a few of them CAN learn this TEX language. It's pretty uncomfortable. The UI shoult be intuitive! Assume that user is user, not developer. Working with "code" should be a think a user CAN avoid. Working with formulas in raw mode is one of the things why I feel not very in my right mind when using Open Office Writer formula editor.
One specific requirement, for example. The user can click at a place in formula and arrive to appropriate place in code. The next thing a user wants to do is to select a part of formula by mouse to copy it and to paste it into another place. Unfortunately, this can be done only by selecting a part of CODE now - pretty uncomfortable. 1) create formula "z = sqrt{x^2 + y^2}" in O O writer - this can be easily done by a newbie, just using the "selection" toolbar 2) get a wish to create another formula "2 sqrt{x^2 + y^2}" 3) see that you can't do it otherwise than copying the "sqrt{x^2 + y^2}" thing in the code or by doing the input through the "selection" toolbar a second time 4) see that you'll have either to learn TeX (awful thought for a new user) or to do a lot of monotonous mechanical work 5) feel sad that copy and paste aren't practically available in Open Office formula editor
yes, this feature would be very nice to have
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".