This is just an add-on comment to my previous email: While I am typing the documents, they look fine. It is after saving them and re-opening them, that they are suddenly scrambled. They also get scramble when they are being printed.
Thanks! On 9 December 2011 09:11, Sabine Hadgkiss <a4a43...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.languagegeek.com/font/fontdownload.html This is the > Language-Geek website. > > I am mainly using the Aboriginal Sans. A couple of weeks ago, a long time > after using this (as I explained earlier, I am using macros to put special > characters into my writings) these macros suddenly crashed and disappeared > from LibreOffice and I had to reinstall something again. But the problem > with the scrambling even occurred long before this happened. (I believe, > the offending character may have been the one that will be listed under > "Diacritical marks" after the download of the font in the special character > settings under the number U+0312) As my macros also disappeared lately, I > reinstalled a slightly different character for the same purpose, trying out > if this would make a difference. I am not sure about this yet, as it has > only been a few days. > > I do not have good copies of the files that were scrambled, no matter > where I get them from, even back-ups, certain files show up scrambled. Some > files from way back when are all-right, and some files are not. It seems to > be related to some version changes in the software. (I had problems with > version-changes before, i.e. in impress, where the" insert movie and sound > feature" suddenly stopped working -still works in the original files before > the break occurred-, and I had to do things differently to play sounds > with the files. But this is a different matter, that also has never been > fixed.) > > Sorry to not have the original files unscrambled, they are wrecked now. > > I am attaching the previous document again, AND I have highlighted what I > believe to be the offending character (the comma or accent on the top). > This character goes all over the place, some of them are even entirely off > the document, see attached screen-shot. > > After downloading the font, I chose the two characters I need to combine > with the letters and record a macro with the fantastic macro-recording > feature, which seems to be working again. (It was going well for years > without breaking. The recorded characters just worked, and the documents > were just fine.) > > After recording the macro, I went into the customization features and > assigned the F3 and F5 key to use for insertion of the accent. (I use F4 > for Accentuate). [So I had three macros running: Accentuate, and the two > special characters, one of which crashed and caused the scrambling. The two > self-recorded macros were the ones that disappeared and the accentuate one > was still alive, when this part crashed. But that was much later than the > scrambling.] > > I also experienced system crashes. At the time I had Firefox and > LibreOffice running, and an update manager notification showing up, and > VOILA it logged me out. I don't know if this is related or something else. > This is on Kubuntu 11.10. On Unity it was even more buggy, Libre-Office > constantly crashed in various ways. It was not compatible with work. > > A while ago, I also opened Libreoffice in Terminal, and it gave me an > error message, which has now disappeared. I am also attaching the Java > error file for your information (I don't know if this has anything to do > with this, or is another issue.) > > I tried many different things, for week I have been combing the Internet > now to figure this out. I also installed everything JAVA, that I could find > in Synaptics, and found a new version 7. Now, at least, I am not getting > JAVA errors any more, at least so far. I also uninstalled KDE-integration, > as this was recommended at one bug-reporting website. > > I hope the scrambled documents are not beyond repair, but I fear they are. > I also hope, that whatever is causing this will not continue and be fixable. > > I just experienced a SYSTEM-Crash again! Maybe there are more bugs to > report. Do you think it is advisable to do a fresh install (I have been > trying to avoid this, because it means days and days of work, and putting > me behind in my other work.), because this is Kubuntu on top of multiple > upgrades and Ubuntu 11.10? Would that fix things, or does it not matter? > It appears to be mostly the UPDATES, which are crashing the whole system. > > I thank you for all your efforts at figuring this out, it is greatly > appreciated. I also apologize for being so difficult to work with, most of > the underpinnings of the software are unfamiliar to me. > > Thanks again for all the support and for working on this problem, > > Sabine > > > > On 9 December 2011 03:14, Christopher M. Penalver < > christopher.penal...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> sabine, could you please answer the following questions: >> >> + I am typing in Secwepemctsin (or shuswap). I downloaded aboriginal >> font from language geek" >> >> Could you please post a direct link to the specific font file you >> downloaded? >> >> + While you attached the file that is already scrambled, we also need a >> copy of the file before it has been scrambled and step-by-step >> instructions to reproduce the scrambling. Could you please attach this >> file? >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901896 >> >> Title: >> scrambled words in LibreOffice >> >> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: >> Incomplete >> >> Bug description: >> I am running Kubuntu (switched from Ubuntu 11.10). I am preparing >> school-work and learning-materials in Libre-Office (formerly >> OpenOffice.org). I have countless hours and years of material. >> >> Lately certain special characters, which I have to use for the >> aboriginal language I am writing in, appear to scramble my words, and >> they become unreadable and documents are unusable. >> >> I do NOT know WHAT is causing this or which program is causing this, >> but it happens in LibreOffice documents (writer). >> >> HELP, PLEASE!!! >> >> I need to get this fixed in order to NOT loose a lifetime of >> documents. >> >> I am NOT a computer expert, so I do not know what else to do., or even >> how this is properly reported. >> >> THANK YOU in advance! >> --- >> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 >> Architecture: i386 >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 >> (20100816.1) >> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx >> Package: libreoffice 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 >> PackageArchitecture: i386 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic-pae 3.0.6 >> Tags: oneiric >> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686 >> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (52 days ago) >> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fax lp lpadmin netdev >> nopasswdlogin plugdev sambashare >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/901896/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901896 Title: scrambled words in LibreOffice To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/901896/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
