Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 94402
no way of entering formulas in Impress that flow with the text
Last modified: 2014-04-25 13:16:51 UTC
When entering formulas in Impress, the only way to enter them is as objects separate from text. Many slides that use formulas require formulas that flow with the text (inline formulas). OpenOffice Writer supports this, but OpenOffice Impress does not. This is a major nuisance and makes OpenOffice extremely tedious for presentations involving mathematical formulas. Many people in the sciences use LaTeX for the simple reason that formulas in Impress are still such a pain. (I searched the issue tracker and couldn't find an existing issue filed on this. I'm amazed that there isn't one; this is such a fundamental problem with Impress, and so many people are struggling with it.)
Are you sure you need a new enhancement request? It is more effective to focus on few requests and collect high votes for them. Please have a look at issue 22309.
Workaround: Use a writer document with customized page size and insert it as OLE in impress. If you do not embed it, but link to it, you can edit the formula if you open it in writer.
Reassigned.
Confirmed with AOO410m17(Build:9763) - Rev. 1586584 2014-04-11 09:13 - Linux x86_64 Debian