Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?

If it is a font issue, you can download the Microsoft Core Web Fonts for 
free and add them to your system. Then change the font to standard 
Microsoft Times New Roman or Arial or whatever. That should take care of it.

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

http://web.archive.org/web/20020124085641/http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm

Better yet, just use your distro's utility for installing them. The OP 
one said SuSE, so:

http://www.itworld.com/software/351785/install-microsoft-core-fonts-opensuse-123

On 07/11/2013 10:42 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Sometimes you have to scroll backward up the list above the starting point of the drop-down.
>
> However, it is very unusual to hear of (or see) a ".Doc" getting malformed!  ".DocX"s go weird 
> sometimes because each version of MSO does it slightly differently.  But even those shouldn't be showing any strange 
> characters.
>
> Could it be a fonts issue?  SuSE and other Gnu&Linuxes often have a wide range of slightly unusual 
> fonts to avoid proprietary ones such as Arial, Times New Roman (and so on) that might have copyright 
> issues.
>
> Might it be easier to send him/her the ".Odt" and a link to the LibreOffice downloads page?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Tim Lloyd <tim.lloyd@gmx.com>
> > To:
> > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013, 2:30
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] .odt to .rtf ?
> >
> >
> > Hi Helen,
> >
> > what version of LO are you using?
> >
> > When I do as a "save as" in LO4.0.4.2 I can see .rtf 4th from bottom of
> > the list of formats.
> >
> > Cheers
> > On 07/12/2013 11:18 AM, Helen wrote:
> > > I agreed to edit (one time only)  a local literary magazine coming out
> > > soon.
> > > I have saved each of the documents (plays, poetry, etc.) and edited in
> > > LibreOffice.
> > > Before sending the files to the publisher, I've been saving them to  .doc.
> > > The publisher emails to say that all the documents have weird formatting and
> > > strange characters.  He wants to know if I can send the files to him in
> > > .rft  (rich text) format.  I don't see that as an option in the "save as"
> > > menu.
> > > Is there a way I can do this -- convert the  .odt files to .rtf?   Using
> > > LibreOffice
> > > on Suse Linux.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks all,
> >
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