On 11/05/2007 11:24 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 14:03 05/11/2007 +0000, Sarah Sture wrote: >>I have just purchased Open Office ... > > There is no need to pay. Get OpenOffice at no cost from www.openoffice.org . > >>... and am having a problem with a document I need to produce. I am >>working with Writer and trying to use the Fontwork Gallery, but >>there is no text at all in the box to edit and when I click on the >>box it disappears. >>Please can you help me get this right > > Sadly not. This is apparently a known bug in OpenOffice 2.3. The > problem occurs when you try to use the Fontwork Shape button: > everything disappears. The problem is described at: > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81609 . As you can > see, it has been fixed, so the next version of OpenOffice should work > properly in this respect. This is confirmed at: > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=163812 . > > Your options seem to be: > o Avoid Fontwork. > o Remove OpenOffice 2.3 and install an earlier version. > o Wait for the next version of OpenOffice. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker
Or install this version instead: http://go-oo.org/discover/ Fontwork in Windows & linux versions work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
