On Wed, February 13, 2013 09:35, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Upgrades sure are annoying. > > I've migrated to my Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit) machine. I'm diving into a > real project this morning. The first thing I need to do is to set a > header to a Word doc with the name of the file rendered in Arial 9pt > bold italic. I've been doing this for months. I copy the file name, past > it into the header of the Word doc (using LibreOffice Writer, of > course), select what I just pasted, right click on it and pick Arial > from the list of available fonts. This worked fine in LibreOffice Writer > on Ubuntu 10.04. But Arial is not on the list. I checked to be sure that > msttcorefonts is installed. And, actually, Arial is present already in > the template Word doc file. I can type Arial into the font selection box > in the LibreOffice Writer tool bar, and it changes the font of the > selection to Arial. > > So, why isn't Arial listed as a font option? Times New Roman isn't > there, either, although it's present in the template file. > > <rant on> > Aren't all these "improvements" wonderful? > <rant off> > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
I think you need to install the "Microsoft" true type fonts, which aren't installed by default. If I remember correctly, the following command will start the process: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug