Formulas not displayed properly [$ 20 reward]

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mebe83
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Formulas not displayed properly [$ 20 reward]

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When I installed Open Office on my new PC and started to write a new document, I got this surprise:

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The multiplication sign is not where it should be and the square root sign is all messed up. I write math and physics e-books for a living, so this is a pretty serious problem for me. This occurs both in odt and html format (so when the formulas are saved in gif format, they look just as messed up). Is there someone who can help me out with this? I would greatly appreciate the assistance.

Edit: I'm adding a $ 20 reward to the person who can solve this problem (payment only via paypal).
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Open Office 4.1.1 on Windows 8.1
mebe83
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Re: Formulas not displayed properly

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Quick updates:

1) Just installed Open Office 3.4.1 and the problem remains.
2) Applied replacement filter "OpenSymbol to Segoe UI Symbol" and that didn't help.
3) Deactivated the Microsoft's ClearType function and no change.
Open Office 4.1.1 on Windows 8.1
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Re: Formulas not displayed properly

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With this expression

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f(x_1) = a x_1 + b over x_1 = a sqrt{b over a} + b sqrt{a over b} = sqrt{a b} + sqrt{ a b} = 2 sqrt{a b}
I get
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I don't like the weight of the horizontal part of the square root signs but it seems to be fine otherwise. All of the formula fonts are set to Times New Roman.
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mebe83
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Re: Formulas not displayed properly

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Thanks for the answer. I have almost the same expression (except for a lot of "cdot" commands in there), but what I get is completely different (for the formula fonts it also shows Times New Roman). I know the problem is not in the code because I opened the file on a friend's PC and it looked as it used to look on my old Windows Vista PC - good. This is making me mad ... I regret choosing Windows 8.1 already.
Open Office 4.1.1 on Windows 8.1
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