The MS font collection is a really useful package to have on your computer. I know that there are open source fonts that look similar to times new roman but it just isn't the same. In order to get the MS fonts (most importantly Times New Roman and Curier New) you can follow this simple process.
Make sure you have the universe and metaverse libraries enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list (if you do not know how to add additional repositories there is a very good explaination here.
This procedure is really quick and ridiculously pain free (or at least it has been for me both times I've done it.)
Open up a command prompt and type: apt-get install msttcorefonts
This is will download all of the fonts for you it might take a minute or two depending on your internet connection speed. At the end it should say all fonts successfully installed.
Now we just type: fc-cache
Openoffice should now have the MS fonts available as options now. Enjoy
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