Many thanks for your reply. I did not have the theasaurus or the help package installed so I added those but unfortunately it did not correct the problem.
On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 14:04 -0500, H. S. wrote: > Bernard Lineham wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm running a recently installed up to date Sid distribution. I am > > having a problem where text in OpenOffice Writer that is marked as bold > > is still showing up as plain text. Can anyone advise how I might solve > > this problem? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard Lineham > > > > > > Hi, > > I had exactly the same problem. I posted here but couldn't get much help > here. Seems like not many people have this problem or not many use > openoffice here. > > Anyway, I discovered the problem was, IIRC, a missing package. What > openoffice packages do you have installed? I have(on Sarge though, on > Sarge too the problem was the same): > $> COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l openoff* | grep ^ii > ii openoffice.org 1.1.2dfsg1-1 > high-quality office productivity suite > ii openoffice.org-bin 1.1.2dfsg1-1 > OpenOffice.org office suite binary files > ii openoffice.org-debian-files 1.1.2-5+1 > Debian specific parts of OpenOffice.org > ii openoffice.org-help-en 1.1+20030814-3 > OpenOffice.org office suite help (English) > ii openoffice.org-l10n-en 1.1.2dfsg1-1 > English (US) language package for OpenOffice.org > ii openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us 1.1.2dfsg1-1 > English (US) Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org > > Let me know if this helps, else I will try to dig further. > GL, > ->HS > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]