On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 10:57 -0500, Joe Smith wrote:
> Rick Bilonick wrote:
>   > I don't want to use MS Word at all but I do want my OOo documents
> > converted correctly to a .doc file that will be viewable in MS Word.
> > ...
> 
> Any word processor document format is a poor choice for distribution: 
> they depend too much on external resources (fonts, locale, linked files, 
> etc.).
> 
> I agree that the .doc export should work better for your documents, but 
> the real answer is to use PDF.
> 
> Personally, if your recipients need to edit the files and round-trip 
> them back to you for further editing, then I would strongly recommend 
> that you all use the same word processor. Who has time to chase down 
> incompatibilities like this?
> 
> <Joe

Unfortunately they would all choose to use MS Word so I'm not keen on
suggesting it. Also, MS Word isn't available for Linux even if I wanted
to use it (although I might be able to run it using virtualization or
whatever). We all need to exchange easy-to-edit documents. I thought
that I might be doing something wrong that I could easily fix. I don't
understand how OOo chooses which font to use for Greek letters. Also, I
don't understand why I can type in certain font names like Times New
Roman and Symbol even though these font names do not show up in the pull
down font list.

Rick B.

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