Openoffice and otf fonts

openoffice is unable to recognize otf fonts. This is a bug in oo.org (upstream) which was first submitted three years ago. However I have seen reports that debian oopenoffice can recognize otf fonts (ubuntu camily can't).
Just wondering if anyone managed to make openoffice to recognize otf fonts?
Thanks.

What you are seeing are ligatures - like Doug says check the Open Type settings in the Character Palette. Unfortunately PS does not have a glyph palette so you could have complete control over this.
If you have Illustrator or InDesign they are much easier to use with full featured Open Type fonts because they have glyph palettes. You could set the text in there and then copy and paste into PS.
pbc

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