To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=93870 Issue #|93870 Summary|let spellcheck filter rarely-used words Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.4.0 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|mru Reported by|nicklevinson
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 14 00:37:13 +0000 2008 ------- One barrier to providing a long dictionary is that rare words are often similar in spelling to common-word misspellings. Thus, a misspelling can be accepted by OOo because a rarity with a different meaning matches it. Words that are correct but rarely appear should be approved after the user is reminded of their rarity, so they can reconsider usage or misspelling. This includes spelling variants, technical terminology, foreign borrowings, words used in a field of scholarship but not elsewhere, and ancient language being quoted. A solution already exists, by creating or installing multiple dictionaries and sometimes loading all of them, sometimes only the main one. One supplemental dictionary would list rarities only. But it would be easier to simply click a button in the Spellcheck dialog to approve rarities of one or more categories. In short, if floccinaucinihilipilification were in a document and in a Spellcheck word list, running Spellcheck would show the word as challenged but instead of describing it as wrong or not in the dictionary it would be shown as being in the dictionary but rare. This rarity check could be optional, with radio buttons to treat all rarities as either always wrong or always right or as rarities to be considered at every appearance. I'm using OOo Writer 2.4.0 without Java Runtime Environment on Linux Fedora Core 4 with Gnome 2.10.0 desktop on a Pentium 4 laptop. I didn't see this feature. Thank you. -- Nick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
