CPHennessy,
> On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 22:40 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > On Fri August 11 2006 07:36, Philip Rhoades wrote: > > > People, > > > > > > I have a large number of SO7 sxw files that are templates for a command > > > line, mail merge operation (I manually unzip the sxw file, do global > > > replacements, rezip the file and send the result to the printer). > > > > > > I want to move the setup from SO7 to OOo1.1 (the OOo2 rpm is not > > > available for the PPC) but the files look/print differently in the two > > > systems eg when I do the following in SO7: > > > > > > - Open a new A4 doc > > > - Set all margins to 2cm > > > - Insert a table, using Courier 12 pt, and increase the number of rows > > > to fill the page (in this case 39 rows) > > > - Save the doc, open it in OOo1.1 (or OOo2 on another machine) and I > > > find the table only fits 37 lines on the page with the table overflowing > > > to the next page . . > > > > > > It appears that the padding above and below the the 12 pt font of the > > > cell texts is different in the two environments? - if I force the the > > > OOo1.1 row heights back to 0.65 it is almost back to how it looked in > > > SO7. Is there some checkbox or something in OO1.1/OO2 that will allow > > > the file to look exactly like it did in SO7? > > > > Hi Phil, > > Are you sure that the exact same fonts are being used for both documents ? > > StarOffice normally came with more fonts. This seems to indicate that the fonts are the same: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# cksum `locate Courier | grep psprint | sort` 561573252 15501 /home/staroffice7/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-Bold.afm 1279312207 15590 /home/staroffice7/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-BoldOblique.afm 3092789175 15646 /home/staroffice7/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-Oblique.afm 3574148326 15542 /home/staroffice7/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier.afm 561573252 15501 /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-Bold.afm 1279312207 15590 /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-BoldOblique.afm 3092789175 15646 /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier-Oblique.afm 3574148326 15542 /usr/lib/ooo-1.1/share/psprint/fontmetric/Courier.afm This seems normal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# locate fonts | grep starof /home/staroffice7/share/fonts/truetype/cumbic.ttf /home/staroffice7/share/fonts/truetype/ariblk.ttf etc However, this is odd?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# locate fonts | grep openof /usr/share/fonts/openoffice /usr/share/fonts/openoffice/opens___.ttf /usr/share/fonts/openoffice/fonts.cache-1 and that's all . . > > Also, I think that there is almost certainly PPC RPMs available. There are but only 1.1, but it is the same problem with 2.0 on another machine anyway. Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Mobile: +61:0411-185-652 Fax: +61:2:8923-5363 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
