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title="UNCONFIRMED - In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to work."
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143996">143996</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>In LO Writer the “Check true multiplication sign” function does NOT seem to work.
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>7.2.0.2 rc
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>tarotfied@protonmail.com
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<pre>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</pre>
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