Abiword is not installed on my machine, and switching anti-aliased fonts in KDE has no effect. I wish NeTraverse had a phone # to call for tech support. They haven't answered me back in almost a week now. grrrrrrr......
Thanks to all who are trying to help me. Terry On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 18:06, civileme wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > >---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems with Win4Lin and Acrobat Reader 5 > >Date: 23 Jun 2002 03:01:32 -0400 > >From: Terry Sheltra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Thanks for the replies that I've gotten .. both Win4Lin and Acrobat 5 > >are run natively, not within one another. I've also come across > >something strange. When I use either of these apps in KDE, I can't read > >the menus, but if I switch to GNOME, they become readable. Is there > >something wrong with KDE that's not displaying the font correctly? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Terry > > > >On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 16:13, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 22 June 2002 07:51, Terry Sheltra wrote: > >> > >>>Perhaps I should have been a little more specific in describing my > >>>problem. Both of these apps work just fine on my computer, except for > >>>the font that is used to display the menu items (the FILE menu, the EDIT > >>>menu, etc.). All that shows up is a bunch of rectangles where the words > >>>should be. The font within these apps are ok, it's the apps themselves > >>>that are experiencing the problem. I even wiped out my hard drive again > >>>and installed from scratch, and still have this problem. I tried to > >>>install every font-related package I could dig up on the CD, but still > >>>it isn't working. Windows is not natively on this computer, other than > >>>Win4Lin. My laptop is 100% linux-driven. While Win4Lin doesn't quite > >>>bother me so much, it DOES make it very difficult to use Acrobat Reader > >>>5 when I can't read any of the drop-down menus. > >>> > >>>Any suggestions anyone? > >>> > >>Only that Acrobat 5 is now available as a native Linux application so > >>unless you have a pressing need to use Acrobat5 in Win4lin..... > >> > >>Acrobat5 is available from Mandrake Club, and I guess buried somewhere on > >>the Adobe download area. > >> > >>derek > >> > >> > >>---- > >> > >> > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > How is anti-aliasing set in KDE? Try the opposite setting. > > Also do you have AbiWord installed? It was kept out of the download > edition because it messes up fonts system-wide. > > Civileme > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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