First, a "thank you" to everyone who replied to my original query about this problem -- I sent it and then became too busy to do more than save off the responses. Now I'm reading them and trying again to figure this out ....
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 09:53:10AM +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> Daniel Kasak wrote: >> >Berna Massingill wrote: >> > >> >>Recently I was working on an OpenOffice Writer document with >> >>a colleague. For him, the document appeared to have five pages; >> >>for me, it appeared to have eight. He uses Windows; I use Linux. >> >>I'm clueless about where to start looking for differences -- printer >> >>drivers?? installed fonts?? something else?? >> > >> > >> >I would be very suspicious of having different fonts on the 2 computers. >> >> >> Almost surely fonts. I just started using Ubuntu, and opened a >> .odt file I created in Windows. It shows the same behaviour as >> you describe. The headings in the original file are done in >> Arial, and I'm fairly sure this Ubuntu system does not have Arial >> on it, so it's substituting something (I'm not sure what) which >> is bigger. I think this is very likely the problem. When I open the document (.odt, created with OpenOffice under Windows) and move the cursor around in the text, what shows in the "name of font" box is Arial for some things and Times New Roman for others. That means those are the fonts it was created with, right? I'm pretty sure the Linux systems I use (all Fedora Core) don't have Arial, and I'm not sure about Times New Roman. I've tried R'ing TFM (OO online help) and S'ing TFW, but there seems to be some background knowledge I don't have. I have essentially zero experience installing fonts; it just hasn't been an issue for me previously (perhaps because I usually use LaTeX for making pretty documents, rather than a wordprocessor). So, pointers to beginner-level "how to find and install fonts" documentation would be appreciated. I did find a "HOWTO" about fonts and Linux, in which it was suggested that Arial and Times New Roman are somehow associated with Microsoft, and not legally available except with a Windows (or, presumably, MS Office) license. Anyone know if this is true? I don't want to do anything shady, but I really would like to be able to print this [EMAIL PROTECTED] document in a way that's close to how it would look on a system that has the right fonts. Suggestions? -- blm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
