[SOLVED] Chinese / Asian languages Input in LibreOffice

[mystere88]

Dear all,
I can input Chinese in almost all windows/applis (Firefox, kwrite, terminal, etc.) but not in LibreOffice
(which is however very important!!). Read some posts saying that LO has some issues with KDE; but cannot figure out the things since I have Libreoffice-kde installed (details below).

So what's wrong ? Appreciated if can get help.

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[root@localhost jf]# rpm -qa |grep libreoffice
libreoffice-core-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-java-common-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-impress-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-math-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-graphicfilter-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-pyuno-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-calc-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-presentation-minimizer-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-langpack-zh_CN-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-ure-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-pdfimport-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-kde-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-presenter-screen-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-emailmerge-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-xsltfilter-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-base-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-wiki-publisher-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-langpack-br-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-draw-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-report-builder-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-langpack-en-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-writer-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1
libreoffice-langpack-zh_TW-3.3.3.1-0.1.mga1


and

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[root@localhost jf]# rpm -qa |grep ibus-
scribus-1.4.0-0.rc3.1.mga1
ibus-chewing-1.3.9.2-1.mga1
ibus-qt4-1.3.1-2.mga1
ibus-gtk-1.3.9-2.mga1
ibus-1.3.9-2.mga1
ibus-pinyin-1.3.11-1.mga1


[mystere88]

Must add my system is

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[root@localhost jf]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-desktop-4.mga #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 02:08:49 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


[Max]

In Libre Office:
Tools>Options>Language Settings>Languages
Under the heading "Enhanced Language Support" select the check box to enable Asian Languages.
Then You can set your default language.

[mystere88]

Thank you Max for posting.
I had already this down, see attached snapshot...
Curious problem so...

[mystere88]

Up! Still unsolved !
So is there somebody who succeeded to input Chinese or Japanese or Korean within LibreOffice ?
Very interested to know how to do that.

[mystere88]

Solved now!
What I did is:
- in LibreOffice: deselect the option "Enabled for Asia Languages"
- exit from LibreOffice
- restart LIbreOffice
-select that option
Then I can input Chinese chracteres (ibus panel activated), but see only empty boxs in the text.
This is just because the fonts options are wrong.
Then go to "Format" menu -> Characters ; in "Asian text font" select a font shown as a list of empty boxes.
These are Chinese fonts I am looking for. Select it; then THAT'S IT!.

To summary: all necessary packages are there; but because of some possible option/initialization clashes (for me!) between KDE, IBUS and
LibreOffice, I was troubled by the problem posted here.

Hope this experience could help other people!