Add the Microsoft Fonts in OpenOffice

Install Microsoft fonts in OpenOffice and improve the visual aspect obtained by opening documents created in Microsoft Office is easy and useful. If the document ms office fonts were used to Windows, OpenOffice, if you do not have to replace them with generic fonts, and sometimes the appearance of the document degrades terribly well in terms of formatting.

The procedure and 'very simple, and integrated in the OOo 2.2 and above.

1. Open for OOo Writer
2. File
3. Guided Procedures
4. Install fonts from the Web
5. Select your language
6. In the window that appears press the button: Start FontOOo
7. In the window that appears: Next>>
8. Press: Retrieve list (just wait a few minutes, OOo seems very slow at this stage)
9. In the first list select fonts according to your desired taste
10. Next>>
11. Repeat the selection of fonts
12. Next>>
13. Repeat the selection of fonts and you exclude the "Chinese" where there used
14. Next>>
15. The download may take several minutes during which OpenOffice may seem blocked.