Installing Microsoft core font
In linux if you want to view document created by MS office as it exactly it should look like you have to install Microsoft core font. This font was first hosted by Microsoft in there website and any one can get it for free and can re distribute it. But now they have removed it but you can get it lot of third party software. In ubuntu you can install it from ttf-mscorefonts-installer using this command sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer But there is some bug with it which will stop it in middle and you will face same kind of problem as people faced trying to install flash plugin in Ubuntu. I guess this problem happens for those who are working under proxy. After this problem appear you can cancel installation and restart your computer. And then run this command in terminal. sudo dpkg --configure -a Still you will see some error massage as before. Wait for some time. Then cancel it using ctrl+c and then run the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer ...