2008/10/4 H. S. Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is there some way to prepare documents and presentations which look > same across various platforms? > > I suggested my students to use OpenOffice on Linux in order to avoid > proprietary fonts. But when we open files on MSwindows, they show > disturbed layout. > > Is it not OO have same (may be some) common fonts on all platforms? > > Is it not possible, OO give warning about missing font and guide user > to download font? > > I will feel obliged, if get tip to prepare documents and presentation > using OO, that look same on different platforms without exporting it > to pdf. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > H.S.Rai
H.S. Rai, do you and your students observe these distortions with *all* fonts, or do some fonts render in the same manner in both the Linux distrubution(s) you use and in Windows versions ? I can't help suspecting that what you are experiencing is less a font than a layout problem - when, for example, a document is to be saved in .doc format in OOo rather than in the default .odt format, a warning always comes up to the effect that saving to .doc can result in layout problems.... Henri
