After having migrated to a new computer I opened all of my 50 documents most of which use a dozen different fonts and almost every font was changed–not just the typeface but the point size and other properties like color or bolding. If I can’t fix it I’ll have to revert to my old computer and take the new one back for a refund. I can’t have the formatting of years of writing compromised by a new computer.
For any useful help, describe the cofiguration of each computer: OS name & LO version. In addition, mention save format (odt or doc(x)).
Fonts are not stored in documents. They are managed by the OS and LO Writer uses whatever the OS provides. Consequently, if your computers have not the same fonts, don’t expect same result.
That’s for the type face. The other properties depend on how you format (direct or styles) and also if you base your documents on some template. If this template is not moved to the new computer, formatting and layout are different.
For migration I usually create an additional backup of the entire Harddisk to a USB-drive, ensure this copy is not encrypted (readable by the new computer) and connect this to the new system.
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As stated above: Fonts are installed and kept in the Operating-sytem. So it depends on this information where to find your fonts.
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You also have a user-profile for LibreOffice (Windows stores this in a hidden folder APPDATA)
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It is possible to give your own folders for templates. If you have done this, you may need also the contents of this folders.
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Check what has changed by migrating:
OS ? Version of OS ?
Version of LibreOffice? Used OpenOffice?
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The change in color or bolding sounds quite suspicious… Never seen that before for odt-files.
reverting is no solution. If your old computer will not start anymore you are in the same “locked-in” place as now, but without any way back. So better solve this now or in the near future.
For the Color if it is yellow go to edit > Track Changes and deactivate it. That will bring the black text back. Others may know better than I and this is just a Guess about what could change text color.
When I checked the list of fonts in LibreOffice all my custom fonts were there, seemingly installed, so I jumped to the conclusion they were simply not being used according to the styles I set. It turned out the OS didn’t install many of my fonts because it said it couldn’t read them. So I had to redownload. I don’t know if that was a problem stemming from migration but the other issues cleared up on their own when that was solved.
I suspect the other changes made by LibreOffice may have been part of the settings for default fonts it reverted to when it couldn’t find the custom fonts.
I appreciate the answers, and sorry to make a bigger problem than it was.
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