[PLUG] Fonts not visible to upgraded LibreOffice-5.4.0 [RESOLVED]

[King Beowulf]

On 08/04/2017 05:51 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:28:57 -0700 (PDT)
> Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> dijo:
> 
>> I think I've found a solution: KDE's office suite called 'calligra.' It,
>> too, has more than I'd ever use and has a cluttered display (at least
>> in the 'Sheet' tool), but it uses the .ods/.odt format so I assume it
>> will import/export M$ Office documents, too. And, it's part of the
>> Slackware distribution, too.
>>
>>   And, ... (pay attention, John) it recognizes all installed fonts!!
>>
>>   So, I'll get used to running calligra and remove LO.
> 
> My understanding is that Calligra can read MS Office documents but not
> write to them.
> 

LO has the benefit of being able to r/w MS Word docs directly, both
older .doc and newer .docx.  docx is MS version of ODF (open document
format).  Newer MS Word can read ODF natively.

> On the other hand a few years ago I was at PSU and needed to open an
> .odt document that I had on a thumb drive. Unfortunately, PSU stopped
> putting OO/LO on their computers some time ago, so I assumed that I was
> stuck. 

Slightly OT, but when I am stuck having to use a Windows box somewhere,
I carry a FAT32 USB thumb drive with portable versions of F/OSS apps and
utilities:
https://portableapps.com/
Reputable site that has been around for a long time.  Good stuff.