[lug] StarOffice & xwin32

[Ken Kinder]

Export to power point?

Todd Ruskell wrote:
> 
> I have StarOffice installed on my Linux box.  I need to display a
> StarOffice presentation on a Windows box.  The "easy" way to do this is
> to install StarOffice on the windows box, but it's not clear if I can
> actually make that happen, since the windows box is not under my
> control.
> 
> The other way I have to do this is to use xwin-32. I tried this, and
> initially had problems with the display of both some "regular" text
> fonts, as well as display of equations.  I added my machine as an
> x-font-server, and this fixed all the display problems I was having with
> the text fonts.  However, the display of equations is still *very*
> bad.   It appears the windows box is trying to do a font mapping with a
> close substitute, but it is obviously not working.
> 
> This begs a couple questions.  First, why is StarOffice not getting the
> equation fonts from my x-font-server?  Second, how could I fix it
> without having to install fonts, or StarOffice, on the Windows box?  Any
> font gurus out there with some suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Todd
> 
> --
> Todd Ruskell, Ph.D.
> Lecturer in Physics
> Colorado School of Mines
> Golden, CO 80401
> 303-384-2080
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