On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > I Googled and found this page, which hopefully, along with your > instructions, will help me and if anyone else references this thread, > maybe help them too. > <http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/> That's the site. It's one of those to bookmark. Once you create the rpm though, stick it on flash for future use. -Ross