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abdalalim1982
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 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: Neooffice 2.2.4 |
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It appears as though the newest version of Neooffice is not nearly as Arabic friendly as previous versions. It no longer connects the characters, unless I manually go in and change the font to Geeza Pro every time I open a document. There is no way of changing the base font for spreadsheets. It constantly uses Tahoma font. Is there a way to get 2.2.3 back until either this all gets fixed, or maybe just stop updating?
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pluby
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, but no. If something is broken, please file a bug in Bugzilla and attach a sample document for us.
Due to our limited funding, we can allow afford to support the latest release and, to be blunt, your bug will not get fixed until you or someone else files a bug in Bugzilla and we can reproduce that bug.
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pluby
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for filing a bug.
For anyone having similar problems with Arabic in Calc, I have posted a workaround in bug 3149 that should stop the use of the fonts that have bad Arabic layout.
Patrick |
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Lorinda
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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I would suggest following the wiki instructions for checking for corrupt preferences. I'm wondering if there's a corruption in the settings for Complex Text Layout.
I cannot reproduce the errors you have reported, but:
a) I may not be doing exactly what you are, and
b) I know nothing about Arabic. 
If it checking for corrupt preferences does not solve the issue, please do file a report in Bugzilla. Please spell out the exact steps needed to reproduce it. Also, please include screen shots of what the Arabic should look like and what it looks like when it is wrong.
We do have one volunteer (that I know of) who speaks and reads Arabic, but he is not available this month. Nevertheless, we'll do the best we can to help you.
Lorinda
Edit: Patrick beat me to it!
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pluby
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Lorinda wrote: | | I would suggest following the wiki instructions for checking for corrupt preferences. I'm wondering if there's a corruption in the settings for Complex Text Layout. |
The cause is not corrupt preferences. Instead, the cause is a Microsoft Office font. One of the fonts installed by Office claims that it supports Arabic but when that font is used, only ending glyph forms of each character are returned. No medial or beginning glyph forms are returned.
To fix this, I have to add code to detect such a font and, if such a font is being used, force font fallback using Geeza Pro.
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Samwise
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pluby
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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FYI. There is a test patch with a fix for this bug in bug 3149. Just go to that bug and copy and paste the test patch URL in my last post into your browser.
Patrick |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Neooffice 2.2.4 |
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It seems like Patrick has already fixed the underlying bug (why Apple didn't fix this at the API level long ago is beyond me....), but just for the record:
| abdalalim1982 wrote: | | There is no way of changing the base font for spreadsheets. It constantly uses Tahoma font. |
That's not exactly true; you simply have to edit the correct style (the Default style), save a new template with that change, and set that template to be the default Calc template. See Editing Default Styles and Using Templates in the wiki for more info.
Smokey
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