On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 13:17:49 -0700 Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> > > On 10/4/2016 1:15 PM, Marcus wrote: > > Am 10/04/2016 09:44 PM, schrieb Patricia Shanahan: > >> I downloaded and installed > >> Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Win_x86_install_en-GB.exe. To my distress, when > >> I first started it, it accepted "color" (US spelling) and rejected > >> "colour" (English spelling). > >> > >> I thought perhaps it picked up my previous use of en-US from my profile, > >> but I got the same effect installing on a new Windows 10 computer that > >> has never run any OpenOffice before. > >> > >> It is using English, not American, spellings in the user interface, but > >> I would have expected documents to also default to the installation > >> language. > >> > >> What language is supposed to be used, by default, for user documents? > > > > it's the language from the underlying system. > > > > The same values are set when it comes to other formattings. E.g., you > > will see "US-Dollar" for the currency and not "British Pound". > > > > However, the UI interface is the language from the installation file. > > > > *IMHO* it's OK that not all settings are set to the language of the > > installation file. However, for the default spell check it's > > discuss-worthy. > > I'll check that it is not a regression. If it isn't, we can put it aside > for now. It does seem strange that I need to do more to get en-GB > spelling after installing an en-GB AOO. > On the occasion a User reports this happening we recommend deleting or renaming the OO user profile so it generates a fresh profile on next startup. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
