On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Ross Walker<rswwalker at gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists 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 > > No, it's a DIY project. > > Microsoft provides the fonts free of charge, but the original > packaging system must be preserved for distribution which means those > who want them have to build their own rpm packages. > > Just 'yum install rpm-build redhat-config-rpm' and then get cabextract > from EPEL (either download it from the repo directly or install the > repo config and use yum). Then try to follow my earlier directions. I will hopefully have time to give this a shot tomorrow. Thank you!