On Monday May 8 2006 02:21 pm, Berna Massingill wrote:
> On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 12:58:01PM -0500, Dan Lewis wrote:
> >> On Saturday May 6 2006 11:27 am, Berna Massingill wrote:
>
> [ snip ]
>
> >> > I did find a "HOWTO" about fonts and Linux, in which it was
> >> > suggested that Arial and Times New Roman are somehow associated
> >> > with Microsoft, and not legally available except with a Windows
> >> > (or, presumably, MS Office) license. Anyone know if this is true?
> >> > I don't want to do anything shady, but I really would like to be
> >> > able to print this [EMAIL PROTECTED] document in a way that's close to
> >> how it
> >> > would look on a system that has the right fonts. Suggestions?
> >>
> >> I use Linux and I have both Arial and Times New Roman in my list
> >> of available fonts. To get them, File > Wizard > Install fonts from
> >> the web. A wizard opens with your choice of languages. Select yours
> >> and follow the instructions. It will download the fonts you want and
> >> install them.
>
> That sounds simple enough, but when I try it, nothing happens -- I
> follow the sequence of menus, click "Install fonts from the Web", and
> nothing happens -- no menu pops up, nothing. Am I doing something
> obviously wrong? I tried another of the wizards, and *it* put up
> a menu, so apparently it's just the one for fonts that does this?
>
> This is OpenOffice 1.9.117 (according to the "About" box -- the
> splash screen says 2.0), on a Fedora Core 4 system.
>
> -- blm
>
You are using a beta version of 2.0.0. You would be better off
removing that version and installing the latest (2.0.2). If it came with
the Fedora Core 4 system, it may have some other problems that the
download from the OOo web site does not.
Dan
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