Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer document appears differently on two differen PC's

[Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>]

On 2011-03-29 11:37, Andy Brown wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Mark Stanton wrote:
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>>> First are the fonts used on both computers?
>>
>> Good thought!  It turns out, when I look closer, the document is a
>> bit of
>> a mish-mash of fonts and font styles.
>>
>> I actually couldn't find one of the (two) fonts on my own machine. 
>> Would
>> LO substitute silently?  Surely it should complain if it can't find the
>> font. But that looks like what's happened, because now that I've copied
>> those (TrueType) fonts over and restarted LO (not just closed Writer,
>> that didn't make any difference) the document now looks the same on both
>> machines.  Brilliant Holmes!  Thanks :-D
>
> Seen this type of thing quite often in the forum so it is one of the
> first to check.

This is just the thing that drove me to suggest to have the option to
embed (package) a font in the odt file.
May be a handy hints page would be useful for users who come across
these idiosyncrasies.
The other "word processor" is almost uniformly used on one OS with one
set of installed fonts. LO being cross platform is exposed to a lot more
variance in operating environment that throws up little quirks.

steve
>
>>> Second check the File->  Print libreOffice Writer tab and see if the
>>> Print automatically inserted blank pages box is checked.
>>
>> What the... ! Hmmm, when would someone want that?
>
> If you printing out for a book or such the odd pages are on the right.
> If you start a new chapter and the last page of the prior chapter ends
> on an odd page number then there is a blank page to put the new
> chapter on the next odd page.
>
>> Yes, you're right, that box is checked.  That presumably explains it.
>> Why, though, is it checked?  Is that always the default.  In my own
>> Writer print options I that option *NOT* checked... :-(
>
> I am not sure if it is the Default or if it is switched on by
> selecting a page style that has Left/Right attributes.
>
> Andy
>

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