Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt letter

2018-11-25 Thread Tom
On 11/21/18 5:05 PM, James wrote: > I use lubuntu-18.10. > Sometimes, a letter gets corrupted but I only see it in libreoffice. > > This example the 'p' displays as a ',': > http://lockie.ca/lubuntu_/libreoffice.jpg > > I've also seen it when '2' displays garbled. > > Any ideas about how to track

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt letter

2018-11-25 Thread Malcolm Jaros
Just a thought. Ubuntu 18.10 is a new distro and less thoroughly tested than the LTS version 18.04. If you do not get this problem in 18.04 perhaps you should stay with that for a while. Regards, MalJaros - Original Message - From: "Michael H" To: "James" Cc: "Remy Gauthier" ,

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt letter

2018-11-25 Thread Michael H
I had a problem similar to this on windows 98, after I installed a legal copy of word perfect and all 1100 fonts it came with. Apparently windows 98 had a limit of about 500 fonts ... and above that it would get confused after a while. However, more recently I used Ubuntu studio 12, which ships

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt letter

2018-11-25 Thread James
It is not a format problem because sometimes it works. It seems to corrupt something in the OS after a while that shows up in libreoffice. The most recent problem was '2' was garbled. On 2018-11-25 12:09 p.m., Remy Gauthier wrote: Hi, It almost looks like if the "Monthly car payment" string

Re: [libreoffice-users] corrupt letter

2018-11-25 Thread Remy Gauthier
Hi, It almost looks like if the "Monthly car payment" string was displayed using the date format of the A1 cell. What are the language and formats used in the A1 and B1 cells? Rémy. Le mercredi 21 novembre 2018 à 20:05 -0500, James a écrit : > I use lubuntu-18.10. > Sometimes, a letter gets