Fonts in Open Office question(s)

[Tom Buskey]

On 1/20/06, Bill Freeman <f at ke1g.mv.com> wrote:
>
> Summary:
>
>         I'm editing a document in OO, and the font select box on the
> tool bar indicates that some of the text is, for example, "Arial".
> But when I click the drop down (or use the context menu) to see font
> choices, "Arial" is not there (whether the cursor is in "Arial" text
> or not).


I think the correct solution is to install the Arial font.  Windows comes
with a truetype version of it.  I think I remember that there was a gnome
tool that would grab windows truetype fonts from a windows partition (if
your system was dual boot).

There were also some packages that would grab microsoft's web fonts (veranda
and trebuchet) off the web and install them on linux.


        Keeping consistent use of font seems important, so I often
> want to add text in one of these fonts.  While I've been successful
> propagating this font by using cut and paste, this is a PITA.  How can
> I get these fonts, of which OO apparently knows, to show up in the
> font selection menu?
>
>
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>
> Background
>
>         I'm somewhat new to OO, having stuck to plain text, LaTeX, and
> hand crafted HTML or PostScript in the past.  But I've given up on
> refusing to provide my resume in Word format.  Still, I'm not going to


yeah, been there.  1st thing they say is "I need a copy of your resume in
word".  I always send a PDF so they know exactly how it's supposed to look.
But the resume scanners all work with word.  Some can do PDF.  And they can
do text, but all the hiring people know is word.  When you want to get
hired, it's not always good to look different.


> Separately
>
>         Have you any advice about features and fonts to avoid or use
> to insure that, when saved as a doc file and read with a copy of Word,
> the formatting, including page breaks, looks the same?



PDF.  Send the .doc and a PDF.  Tell them it's an Acrobat PDF file.  They
may not make the connection from PDF to acrobat.


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