Well, in desperation I un-installed Writer 2.2.1 and installed 2.3.1 from the OpenOffice site.
Main post-installation difficulty was actually finding the Writer executable, as the KDE menu showed no 'OpenOffice' icon under 'Office', and the executable has for some reason been renamed "soffice.bin"! (Or did I pick the wrong file? Is there a kickoff executable that then calls soffice.bin?) Anyway, with 2.3.1. all is well. Fonts behave as they should, and even a complex Xmas letter prepared with 2.0.3 displayed perfectly (once I had created soft links with the WinXP fonts on /dev/hda that I didn't already have). How or why Mandriva's builtin 2.2.1 screwed up is a puzzle... Many thanks for all responses - much appreciated... /\/\aurice --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]