On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Ross Walker<rswwalker at gmail.com> wrote: <snip> >> OK. I have OpenOffice.org Writer 3.1 open. :-) >> There is a big problem with the way the .docx file was displayed. It >> is not pretty. I can see most or all of the words, but they are not >> where they should be. A formatting problem that I can fix? >> >> Thank you, again, for sharing your time and expertise. Much >> appreciated! Lanny > > Most probably a font problem you can fix. > > Look for msttcorefonts there is a spec file you download to build the > rpm, pre-requisites are rpm-build, redhat-rpm-config, cabextract > (epel), maybe make. > > Put the spec file in /usr/src/redhat/SPEC then from that directory run > 'rpmbuild -ba msttcorefonts.spec' and after it downloads, extracts and > builds the rpm it should be in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch. Just rpm - > ivh it from there and save a copy for future use. > > Sometimes the font mirrors hang, so if it hangs downloading something > just ctrl-c out of it and re-run the rpmbuild. > Ross: Where do I get msttcorefonts and the spec file? Are they in the OO 3.1 files I got yesterday? (If so, I don't see them and I don't think there is any source there). Thank you for all of the above information! If I am home tomorrow, I will give this a shot. I have another user with the dev tools installed on this box, so hopefully have some or most of what I need, ready to try this. Lanny