[Solved] OOo 2.4 (Linux) Menu Bar Distorted

[mister_lister]

We have an installation of OpenOffice.org 2.4 that came with the recent LinuxMint.

When I open any of the programs ("Write", "Calc", Etc.) the menu bar is distorted. It has little lines instead of of topics (eg. "Edit", "File", etc) and the menu items in the drop down list are also replaced with little lines. Sometimes if you mouse over a topic or item, the line disappears for a split second and I see the text, then it goes back to lines.

I did a forum search and did not find any topics that were similar. Any help would be appreciated, especially if you have encountered this problem and no a resolution. Thanks in advance.

(solved ... see my last post in this thread)

[acknak]

Have you tried changing the option under Tools > Options > OO.org > View > User interface > Use system font... ?

[mister_lister]

Thanks for the reply. As stated earlier the menu topics and items are not available in text they're just lines and occassionally the text appears and disapears quickly, not long enough to navigate. I can not navigate the menus because they are not in text they are just lines.

One other thing, the dialog boxes are also effected with small horizontal lines where text should be.

[Hagar Delest]

See here: [Solved] All menues are in greek letters.

Else, install the official version (Sun): [Ubuntu] Installing OOo on Debian and Co.

Thanks to add '[Solved]' at beginning of your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

[acknak]

I can not navigate the menus because they are not in text they are just lines.

Oh, well duh. Sorry, I obviously didn't think that through very far.

Maybe this screen capture will help. If you can at least count menu entries, you should be able to navigate to the right option.

If that doesn't work, it seems that the setting is saved in the .openoffice.org/3/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu file, in this unlikely structure:

• <node oor:name="Accessibility">
    <prop oor:name="IsSystemFont" oor:type="xs:boolean">
     <value>true</value>
    </prop>
   </node>

Just use a text editor to change the "true" to "false" and OOo should use its built-in menu font.

[mister_lister]

OK>>> FIXED IT!

The last post about system font was almost correct, it wasn't that but in the same area of options>view. It was the anti aliasing check box below the system font, that had to be UNchecked and then the menus came up as text.

Thanks for the assist. I will mark this thread as solved.

[acknak]

Interesting--good catch!

Thanks for the follow-up.