Ross Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 19:59 -0800, Ralph Alvy wrote: >> I notice that oowriter2 doesn't offer Times New Roman font. However, if I >> load a MS Word document that was written with Times New Roman, oowriter2 >> recognizes it, and I can continue to use that font in the document. >> However, if I call the dropdown menu, I don't see it in the list of >> available fonts. This is confusing to me. Can someone explain this? > > I don't know the implementation details (whether there's an internal > substitution list or an algorithm), but OOo will be substituting fonts. > You can also set up your own substitutions in Tools - Options - > OpenOffice.org - Fonts.
Ah, I see that. Thanks. > > You can type in the name of a font in that drop list box as well. So if > you need to, you can type "Times New Roman" and that's what will be > recorded in the document when you save it. Seems to have already been recorded there, for that document. > What system are you on? Sounds like it's not Windows. Do you need to > download one of the free Times New Roman fonts (use File - Wizards - > Install font from the web). If you're on Windows I thought OOo used the > system fonts. I'm using Linux. Didn't know about the possibility of downloading fonts via that dropdown menu. Just did. Very nice indeed. Thanks so much. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
