On Tue October 3 2006 10:39, + Matteo Prussi wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Dear Open office staff > I'm M.Prussi, a new Linux user. Some weeks ago I installed Kubuntu > Dapper . > At the very beginning the Open office package worked very well, but > after few days a very fanny think appeared: the menu lists was in > English (as default) but the alphabet used was the Greek one! > I try to set the international language but it was already in English. > And if I tried to write the alphabet was also the Latin one: only the > menu was in Greek alphabet. > Nevertheless last week-end I uninstall Kubuntu, and after this erasing I > reinstall Ubuntu; this was not a sovra-installation, but a really new one. > Anyway, this morning I have open Openoffice word processor and... the > menù is in Greek!! > It is not easy to read in Greek, I'm sure that you can understand me. > What could be the problem, I image that is something related to the > setting of my ACER Aspire 1640 Notebook.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue October 3 2006 15:23, Malcolm Kay wrote: > > I take it that you mean with some setting within OO. The problem > appears to be not so much the language itself but the font used > for the user interface. > > This part of OO seems to be poorly documented and poorly > implemented. The following is my understanding -- I hope it > might help somewhat. OO claims to use by default the "system" > font setting for the user interface whatever that might mean in > unix like systems. But it possibly related to the "locale" > setting for your system. > > What response do you get from issuing the command: > % echo $LANG > in a terminal window? > And > % printenv | grep "LC_" > > > It is possible to override this default for OO. But the > documentation here is also a little vague. > It seems you should select Tools -> Options ... -> > OpenOffice.org -> fonts (this cold be difficult to find if > written in the Greek alphabet ;) ) > > Now check "Apply replacement table" and select "Andale Sans UI" > in the "Font" list (you may have to actually type this in, with > the spaces, and select a preferred font in the "Replace with" > list. Click the green tick to enter it in the replacement table > and there check "Always" and "Screen" > Now click "OK". > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
