On 20/03/2008, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:29:43 -0500 > DREWGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > > > I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > > I do Legal work involving the Dollar $ sign with two (2) vertical bars > > and find Open O changes files that has the double bar to a single. > > Single is not acceptable. > > > > Is there a way to override, reprogram or otherwise a way to allow and > > use the double vert bar for the dollar sign? Is there a package I could > > download and install. > > > > I also could use the S O P sign, its the *s* vertically on top of an > > *o*, which is vertically on top of a *p*. Legal stuff. I hope you can > > help because I have been using Open O for a month at least and hope I > > have sworn off Word for good. > > > The shape of the characters is determined by what font you have selected. > In OOo you can set the text to any font that is installed in your operating > system. If you are not satisfied with the appearance of a character, select > a different font. > > Having said that, you may have a problem. Very few of the fonts designed > in the past 100 years have double lines in the dollar sign. I have several > hundred fonts installed on my computer and I find only the following: > > Caslon > Garamond > American Typewriter (a "typewriter" look, probably not suitable for your > work) > Cardo > Plantin > > You may be able to find free versions of these online. > > But even if you find a font with the double bars in the dollar sign, you > may encounter another problem: Rules of your local court. Many courts > mandate a particular font or provide a list of acceptable fonts. If none of > these fonts have the double bar in the dollar sign, then the court must not > care about that issue. > > I have a question for you. You say that OOo "changes files that has the > double bar to a single." The only way this could be happening is if the > original document had the text set to a font that has the double-bar dollar > sign, you don't have that font installed on your computer, you open the > file, and OOo has no choice but to substitute a font that you do have > installed. In other words, OOo did not change the file; it merely > substituted a font for the font originally used in the document. If you want > to stop this from happening, find out what font your original document(s) > are set it, install that font, and OOo will no longer change the text to a > different font. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Forwarding to unsubscribed user.
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