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Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Title says it.  It's defaulting to the ugly standard gtk look (Same as firefox does before you install the fix) no matter what I do.  I have the GTK program support settings all setup to make Firefox and others look fine in KDEmod but OpenOffice looks terrible, it's even effecting my productivity as it's so ugly it bothers me and some things are hindered by the interface problems.  Here's a pic so you can see the problem.

As you can see, the toolbars have very ugly flat tiers, the fonts don't look good, everything is very ugly.  It doesn't integrate with the window manager at all, it's like it's misplaced in it's window.

Help!

Thanks,
Nathan

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,385

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Did you actually try putting the export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde in /etc/profile and not ~/.bashrc as I suggested in your earlier thread....  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 92#p350192 I can remember adding it to .bashrc didn't work for me.

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Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

I tried running open office with the command

OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde && soffice

with no success.  But I'll try that too.

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Nope still looks terrible.  If directly inputting that didn't work, I don't see why putting it into the profile would either

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

I tried running open office with the command

OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde && soffice

with no success.  But I'll try that too.

that doesnt export the variable... hence not working.

do
OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde soffice

or actually listen to Allen

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

I tried what Allen said if you read my last post   Didn't work

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

yup that looks ugly too!

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

in aur there is a package for opeonoffice that use cairo for font rendering.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16091

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pseb

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From: Marburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-09-27

Posts: 85

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

i had almost the same problem, using kdemod and openoffice - and this is what i did:
in .bashrc i use
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome (yes, gnome!)
and i use qtcurve as gtk-style, now openoffice integrates quite nice ;-)
greetz,
sebastian

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Update

Okay, I discovered something today.  With OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome in /etc/profile if I click on a document to open it, open office appears to integrate perfectly but then the interface starts glitching, buttons disappear etc.  But, if I click on one of the OpenOffice programs directly in the K-menu then it's not glitchy but is ugly.  What is going on here?

Last edited by Nathan P (2008-04-07 17:37:18)

Nathan P

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Alright, I tried every possible configuration OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=(kde/gnome) in .bashrc and in /etc/profile and even without that anywhere.  When clicking on a document to open it, the menus are rendered correctly and immediately bug out, when clicking on open office in the k menu and then opening a document or starting a new one there are no glitches but it's ugly.

Nathan P

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

bump?

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

have you checked for upstream issues: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi ?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

or checked that you're doing it right? logged off between those file changes? done what I suggested?

Pierre

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From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

OOo just does not work with KDE-integration. You can force it, but then you are not able to open any files.

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firewalker

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From: Hellas (Greece).

Registered: 2006-06-05

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

The above option doesn't work for me either.

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

it's like it's misplaced in it's window.

"Its" window. If I were your English schoolmistress, I'd deduct a point for that

Nathan P

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 93

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Thanks for helping with the problem lol

ArchPad

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Registered: 2007-03-26

Posts: 81

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Don't know what you're talking about...your OOo looks gangsta and rugged...keep it old school. Crank up some early 90's alternative, put on colorful clothes, and party like it's 1993: Then you'll be as productive as when you were a young man.

firewalker

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From: Hellas (Greece).

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 552

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Same thing with the new build.

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Doehni

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

I have te same problem with disappearing menus. I'm using KDE with the export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde option in /etc/profile.d

moqwai

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From: Bocholt, Germany

Registered: 2008-01-13

Posts: 12

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

good to know, that I'm not the only one with this problem.

firewalker

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From: Hellas (Greece).

Registered: 2006-06-05

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Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

Today I tried the openoffice-base-devel-3.0_dev300_m10-1. The same thing is happening.

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Engelbrekt

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Registered: 2007-11-17

Posts: 38

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

I'm having the same problems. Every time I double click on a document in Konqueror OO starts but with toolbars that looks like crap.
Maybe I should give koffice a try instead.

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: OpenOffice looks like $H!T!!

do you all have that integration issue also with the official rpm based install packages?