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Alters System Fonts?
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: Lickableunix Thursday, June 14 2007 @ 02:51 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Does this software Alter my System Fonts? That sounds ~ ooo ~ scarey. I was almost ready to go for it when I read something about this on the OpenOffice site. However, there was very little elaboration and after 45+ minutes of searching, (wikis etc) i couldn't find scant other comprehensible references on the subject. I did read that during instalation you may be offered the option to permit OOo to modify your system fonts or not. If you say no, your keyboard functionality may be reduced. I've chickened out and gone back to NeoOffice. Who know's more that that? Pray tell.
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Alters System Fonts? - shaunmcdonald131
OpenOffice.org X11, does not modify the system fonts. It does a conversion, where the original fonts are _only_ read, the original fonts are not modified.Monday, July 02 2007 @ 11:59 AM PDT
You got it wrong - Ilgaz
It does not alter system fonts. Being X11 based Application (non “Aqua”) it needs to alter X11 configuration to use your OS X fonts in documents. For example, Helvetica is OS X truetype/opentype font. If you select “yes” on that dialogue, the path containing Helvetica added to your X11 search path along with its “metrics” (check Fondu on web). Nobody can alter your OS X fonts except you via Font Book.Monday, October 01 2007 @ 07:20 AM PDT
PS NeoOffice Patch 7 - Lickableunix
NeoOffice-2.1-Patch-7-PowerPC.dmgis out and humming along sweetly on my little iBook 1.33GHz G4 with 1.5 GB RAM and new 5400rpm internal hard drive. To be more precise, i am under the impression that my keyboard functionality would be reduced only while running OpenOffice, if i were to not permit it to modify my system fonts during installation.
best regards, and can anyone out there explain this any better?
sgs, new orleans
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