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Gregg Bell · 04-10-2014, 08:48 PM

I was wanting to use Libreoffice to do my composing for the ebooks this time (I usually use MS Word). But I have LO 4.1.3.2 on my desktop and only 3.5.7.2 on my laptop (where I do the composing). The versions look pretty similar, except for the fact that the laptop LO does not have Times New Roman for a font. Its default font is Liberation Serif. I just don't want to get into problems working between the two different versions, esp. considering that I'll be converting the .odt format into .html (in LO).

Libreoffice says use the version of LO in the Ubuntu Software Center (I was going to try to get the same version for both computers but the laptop has very small memory and small capacity overall.) so that's what I did.

And then there's the introducing the Liberation Serif into Sigil and blah blah blah.

Any thoughts if I'm headed for trouble using the two different versions? Thanks.

04-10-2014, 08:48 PM	#91
Gregg Bell Gregg Bell Posts: 2,266 Karma: 3917598 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Itasca, Illinois Device: Kindle Touch 7, Sony PRS300, Fire HD8 Tablet	the latest roadblock I was wanting to use Libreoffice to do my composing for the ebooks this time (I usually use MS Word). But I have LO 4.1.3.2 on my desktop and only 3.5.7.2 on my laptop (where I do the composing). The versions look pretty similar, except for the fact that the laptop LO does not have Times New Roman for a font. Its default font is Liberation Serif. I just don't want to get into problems working between the two different versions, esp. considering that I'll be converting the .odt format into .html (in LO). Libreoffice says use the version of LO in the Ubuntu Software Center (I was going to try to get the same version for both computers but the laptop has very small memory and small capacity overall.) so that's what I did. And then there's the introducing the Liberation Serif into Sigil and blah blah blah. Any thoughts if I'm headed for trouble using the two different versions? Thanks.