You can download the Microsoft font files here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=105355
Download the cabextract utility from Debian.org http://packages.debian.org/cabextract and install. To use cabextract, open a terminal, cd to the folder where you have the Microsoft font files, type cabextract followed by the name of the font file, e.g. cabextract arial32.exe. This will extract the fonts. In konqueror, go to the folder, right-click on any of the extracted TTF’s, click on Actions, Install – and Bob’s your father’s brother! Now you can use Arial in Open Office – just like me!