On 11 May 2010 10:11, James Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > *Hi Harold > > Thanks for your prompt response > > Here are the answers to your questions* > > > On 10/05/2010 3:36 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, what font are you using? Does the font have a "bold >> but not italic" flavour? >> >> > *The font does not matter - it is happening with all fonts: Times, Arial , > all the ones I have tried* > > Is the text in one of your hand-made styles? Does the style have any >> strange >> characteristics? >> >> > *No, no hand made styles in use and the fonts are common garden Arial, > Times, etc* > > Does the "italicness" (italicity?) go away when you "un-bold" the text? >> What >> happens if you select the text and hit the Italic button? Twice? >> >> > *Un-bolding the text gets rid of the bold _/and/_ the italics. When the > text is bolded, nothing happens if I select the text and hit the Italic > button twice, or any number of times. When Bold is selected the Italic > button is highlighted, or not, depending on whether or not I have hit it, > but it has no effect on the text. However, if the text is not bolded then > the Italic button works as it is meant to work, either applying or removing > the Italic style.* > > What happens if you select the text, hit Ctrl-M to remove all formatting >> and >> then try to "bold" it? >> >> > *If I do that I end up with /Bold + Italics/ ... i.e. Ctrl+M does not fix > the problem* > > *A thought! - prompted by your questions about fonts ... > My son-in-law and I are in the sign making business and recently, I > installed many fonts from a commercial (paid for; not pirate) sign-writing > CD to give me a total of about 1100 fonts. I am not absolutely sure, but it > is possible that the problem started then. Does this suggest anything to > you?* > > No, sorry. What happens if you delete your OOo user profile and let OOo re-create it? See < http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426> for details of how to find your user profile.
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