Description: When opening a .docx file which most probably has been created with MS Word and contains mathematical expressions with trailing equality signs, there is an inverted question mark after each such equality sign which isn't there when opening the same file with MS Word. Example: 2+3 = ___ Writer shows: 2+3 =¿ ___ I understand that this is supposed to highlight equations which are incomplete and miss the r.h.s. but in some contexts the missing part is intended. I already found the solution to write 2+3 =""___ which suppresses the question mark, but this way I always need to edit each expression in a .docx file I open which is quite cumbersome. It would be great if these question marks could be made optional. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a .docx document with formulas containing expressions with trailing equality signs or write such an expression, for example "2+3=" into the formula editor of an empty document. 2. Observe that there is an inverted question mark after each trailing equality sign. 3. Profit! Actual Results: An inverted question mark is shown after every trailing equality sign. Expected Results: The question mark shown after a trailing equality sign should be optional. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 7.2.2.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 20(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: de-DE (de_DE.utf8); UI: de-DE 7.2.2-2 Calc: threaded
The "=" sign is a binary operator, meaning that it requires values in both sides. Instead of changing the behavior in Math, making the "=" unary, we could change the DOCX import so that when nothing is found after the equal sign, then {} is added after the equals sign. In your example, instead of using "" you could use {}.
I am setting this to NEW since this behavior is acceptable in MS Office and is imported as an error in LibreOffice.
This would solve it for me!
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The bug is still present at least in 24.2.0, most probably in later versions as well.