On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:48:33 +0100, adrian GREEMAN wrote: > Using Windows XP SP2. > > > > I have found the rc2 version to be arbitrarily refusing to show some of my > dictionaries. I have about 7 or 8 specialised dictionaries (company > names, Names, Places, specialised one for a particular subject egg > construction, economics and so forth). I have more or less successfully > transferred these each time I put on a new version by copying the files in > program files-OOo-Share-workbook-enUS. > > > > Mostly they are displayed and all the words I have accumulated are shown > (though a while back - around 113 - one of the dictionaries I had newly > created within OO did not appear in the enUS file). > > > > Anyway I have copied back these files for RC2 and they were showing up, > but suddenly some of them are not - and I am unhappy about this, > especially as it seems to happen semi-randomly (I have a backup programme > which copies them every week but this does not seem to be the issue - > sometimes after re-starting they just don't all show) . I have ticked al > the boxed in the options section for dictionaries and they are all listed > there but still do not show up when I use the dictionary). > > > > I did ask while back about this question because I was unsure how to > backup the dictionaries - the method above is the only one I know. > > > > A lot of accumulated effort goes into gradually building up user > dictionaries and having them randomly missing is not good. Does anyone > know why this is happening - am I doing it the wrong way, is there a limit > on the number of dictionaries you can use (six seems to work fine but > above that they start dropping out) where are they stored "really" and so > forth. Or is it a bug - I am not experienced enough in the programme to > state that. > > > > I like this dictionary feature - it is another good reason to use OO. But > it is bugging me. > > >
See http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55920 My workaround is to copy them to the correct directory and hand edit the list. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
