On Tuesday 01 October 2002 18:35, Ken THompson wrote: > On Tuesday 01 October 2002 10:01 am, Morten Poulsen wrote: > > Hello > > > > Sorry If this question has been posted already, I only just joined the > > mailing list. In my recently installed Mandrake 9.0 system, I chose to > > install OpenOffice as well, but it is nearly unusable because the screen > > fonts are very bad. I run 1600x1200, and the characters preceding > > eachother seem to clash rendering the written text unreadeble. I tried to > > install it on another computer and had no problems. i have tried to scan > > for fonts in my windows system and use, for instance, Time New Roman, but > > it does the same. I even tried to force at larger character kerning in > > OOffice but characters on the screen still clutter/clash. It is the only > > application with these problems. Compared to the other comptuer I tried, > > the "system"-font i ooffice (in menus etc.) is also very ugly. I have > > tried to disable AA in office with the same lack of result. > > Does anybody have an idea as to what I can try? > > If you are unsure of what I am talking about I could post a small > > screenshot, but I would not before somebody needed it... > > > > Best Regards > > Morten Poulsen > > This subject has been covered in the users mail list from OpenOffice.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check the archives........ > I don't remember the exact details but a quick summary follows. > 1)Replace the default SANS_ANDALE_UI <spelling may not be right> with > another such as Times New Roman or Helvetica (Adobe) > 2) The font mentioned above does NOT show in the font replacement window, > you have to type it it as the font to be replaced. > 3)Restart OOo and all should be fine....
Thank you very much! This solved the ugly menu part of the problem! But my main document rendering is still unusable... No matter which font I choose the characters still clutter on top of each other... Best Regards morten Poulsen
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