Chopped off text with OpenOffice

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Chopped off text with OpenOffice

#1 Post by scientist »

I have the same problem with both OpenOffice and LibreOffice.

The text is chopped off. (But it does print ok.)

Changing font does not help.

Strange thing is, other rtf files show no "chopping off." ??
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#2 Post by musher0 »

It's your monitor, or X or the font you're using. Happens to me too sometimes.
If your text is long, go down to the next page with the "PageDown" key and come
back up with the "PageUp" key. That should solve it.
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#3 Post by scientist »

None of your suggestions work.

If it was my monitor, all files would look distorted.
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#4 Post by don570 »

The rtf format has the font description stored inside it,

so the files that open correctly have good font information inside

and the file that doesn't open correctly has bad info inside.

If you save the file with a different font it will probably correct the
mistake.
'Select all' and choose a different font, then 'Save as'
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#5 Post by scientist »

don570 wrote:The rtf format has the font description stored inside it,

so the files that open correctly have good font information inside

and the file that doesn't open correctly has bad info inside.

If you save the file with a different font it will probably correct the
mistake.
'Select all' and choose a different font, then 'Save as'
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Did not help.

I may have to save in a different format, since RTF is a Microsoft invention. ;-)
The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated RTF) is a proprietary[6][7][8] document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation from 1987 until 2008 for cross-platform document interchange with Microsoft products.
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#6 Post by scientist »

.odt files display without distortion.

So, ALL future files I make will be .odt.

They are smaller than .rtf files as well. :-)

I will live with their not being portable among O.S.es.
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