OpenOffice 1.0.1-8 has some major problems with translating MSoffice MathType equations to MathML. In addition it has the problem with vector, hat, etc being placed too high on symbols. I just installed (from binary) OpenOffice 643 and all these problems are solved, however I failed to make an rpm out of it. It would be nice if rawhide switches to 643 since this will evolve into the new release anyway. Thanks
Fixed, now 1.1.0