Easy way to change fonts of all mathematical formulas (OLE)

[KostasKoudas]

Hi!

I am teacher of mathematics and I use LibreOffice to prepare my students’ notes. Sometimes I realise that a font that I use is not useful, for example at Comic Sans MS you can’t distinguish “t” from “+”, so I have to change the font of all the formulas in the document.

The problem is that I have to change the font of each formula (ole-object) one-by-one. If I press “ctrl+A” and choose to change the document’s font, then the text will be changed, but the formulas will be like before.

Is it an easy way to do this?

Thanks a lot!!!

P.C.: I can’t use Latex, I have about 2000 files at LibreOffice, so it’s too late to change my work.

[Regina]

FormulaTools.odt

The attached file contains a collection of my macros for manipulating formulas. You can easily adapt them to your needs.

In most cases I do not use an input field, but take the needed information from the anchor (in Writer) or from a style (in Draw). If it is not clear, how to use the macros, please ask. They are not yet in a state, that I would publish them as extension, but they work fine for me.

You likely want to look at the macro “AdaptFormulaAllFontAndSizeToEnvironment” in module “WriterAdaptFormulaToAnchor”.

[KostasKoudas]

Thanks for your answer!!!

One more question… The macro you have sent me immediately changes all the formulas’ variables in italics. How can I change that? Can I change the macro by myself?

Thanks!

[Regina]

“Italic” is the correct typesetting for variables and that is the default in Math too. But if you don’t like it, look for the line “oModel.FontVariablesIsItalic = true” and replace it with "oModel.FontVariablesIsItalic = false ". So yes, you can edit the macros easily: Tools > Marcros > Edit Macros.

[KostasKoudas]

Excellent!!!

You have helped me a lot!!!

Thanks a lot!!!

[kianisergio]

Hi,
Your macro does what i was looking for and is very useful. The thing is that i want to use the macro only for the selected object, so i don’t have to make the changes by hand.
I have seen on internet that i can create buttons and attach a macro to them. I thought that maybe i could create a button and use it when i select a formula.
Could you tell me what changes do i have to make to the macro to make it work? Have in mind that this is my first touch with macros
Thanks

[Regina]

kianisergio: I have added a macro AdaptSingleFormulaToEnvironment to the module WriterAdaptFormulaToAnchor in the above linked file. And I have added a short text, how to get a button for the macro.

[kianisergio]

Thank you very much you are awesome…!!!The next thing i will try to do is to make it change the font not according to the text, but according to the font i want for each formula. I think i found out how, but maybe i will need your valuable help again…
Thanks again…

[avouz]

I had the same problem and I was so lucky to find this post and download and make use of your macros. They are just FANTASTIC. THANKS A LOT!!