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.

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