Mike, Wow, thanks for the wealth of information. I will get him on trying these things today. Thanks again. -Joe
> From: Mike Dawe <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:19:07 +1100 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [users] openoffice 2.4.0 (Mac) AND new issue > > Joe wrote: >> Mike, >> Thanks so much for the download info. Actually, I am helping a guy with this >> problem. He was able to download OpenOffice 2.1 and install it from the >> website you provided. >> >> Now there are a couple of issues. Again, this is on an iMac running Panther >> 10.3.9 >> >> 1). He can get OpenOffice 2.1 to open a .pps file (with some finagling) , >> but the fonts are so jagged and distorted that they are just about >> unreadable. > > Ask him if he has his monitor set to thousands of colors or less? If so > (or no) he should either set his display to millions of colors and/or > follow this hint from: > <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060531063708478> > > "Launch X11 and open the Preferences section. On the Output tab, change > the Colors pull-down to 'Millions' instead of 'From Display.' Restart X11." > > When he installed OOo 2.1, did he click "yes" to OOo's installer request > asking if he would like to use the Mac's own fonts? I assume (hope) that > he would have said yes. > > I installed vers 2.1 onto a Mac running Panther to test it for myself. > The font rendering in Writer was pretty unsightly. I found that some > fonts looked better than others. Times New Roman of all fonts was > particularly awful. But they were legible, just not pretty (kerning or > the lack of, my biggest issue). > > I then opened a .pps file in OOo ver. 2.1, and the fonts in it were > perfectly legible (looked much better than in Writer) and easily passed > inspection. So... > > The .pps file he is trying to open was perhaps created using fonts that > he does not have installed or available to OOo (they may even be bitmaps > of fonts and not actual fonts). Ask if all .pps files that he's tried, > are rendering as badly? > > If his iMac has a G4 cpu, and if he were to upgrade his OS to Tiger he > could install OOo version 3.0 or newer, which would negate having to use > X11. Fonts look just as good as on any Mac app in vers. 3.0 > > If he can't upgrade he might take a look at NeoOffice which is a Mac > port of OOo running under Java. It doesn't require X11 and can run on > Panther or newer. <http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php> I > can't say how well it works as I have not tried it, myself. It is an > option that he should be made aware of. > >> 2). Second, he is unable to quit X11 without force quitting it. He does not >> even have a menu bar up on top for X11. >> >> I told him to run Disk Utility and repair permissions as well as repair the >> disk--in case that is related to the problem. He will do that tonight, but I >> thought I'd see if any of you Mac people were familiar with either of these >> problems. > > I don't get that issue. That is, X11 quits quickly and cleanly on my PPC > running Panther. > > If by "force quitting" X11, he means that is how he is quitting out of > OpenOffice, then ask him to exit the (OOo) program first by choosing > "Exit" from the "File" menu of the front most OOo window, or by typing > "Ctrl + Q" to quit OOo. He should be able to quit X11 after OOo exits at > that point by typing "Command + Q". > > But not having a menu bar for X11 indicates that something is either > wrong with his install or that the Finder or some other running app is > front most when he decides that he wants to quit X11. Ask him to toggle > his running apps to see what is running at the time. By holding the > Command key down and tapping at the tab key, he can cycle through his > running apps (same as in Windows with Alt + tab keys). > > If he still cannot see an X11 menu bar by toggling through running apps > then perhaps there is a problem with his install of X11. > >> Thanks again for all of your help. >> -Joe > > YW Joe. > > -- > Mike Dawe > OOo 3.0.1rc2 MacOSX PPC US English > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
