Hello,
Thank you for your mail & interest.
I think we have cracked it! On the Mandrake 9.0 installation disk are
some 'myspell' files which when installed enable the Spell Checker.
1.Go to Mandrake Control Centre and click on Add Software.
2.Click Workstation and then openoffice. You will see myspell for
different languages, I chose myspell-en_GB.
3.Click install Software and close Mandrake Control Centre.
4.Open openoffice writer. Click Tools> options> Language Setting>
Writing Aids> Select Language Edit> tick myspell spelling, then ok.
This works well for me.
Best wishes,
Malcolm Candlish.
On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 21:47, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I can't be 100% certain about this.
>
> I know that the mandrake guys are really clued up about what they
> do, maybe they did disable the spell checker on purpose, maybe it was a
> genuine mistake. If they did it on purpose, they would most likely try and
> push the fix to the solution as StarOffice (hence the powerpack statement)
> or possibly even the Mandrake Club. If true, it smells of a Microsoft
> tactic. Disable an important feature in a cheaper program, and push the
> solution as the more expensive option.
>
> It could also be a mistake, no bodies perfect. In my experiences
> with Mandrake9.0, there are a lot of bugs that keep me from completely
> dropping windows. This problem is pretty big for a lot of people, and I am
> sure that if Mandrake didn't ship StarOffice as well, OpenOffice would have
> been working correctly.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Craig
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 November, 2002 10:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker.
>
>
> Craig, you can't be serious.
>
> Miark
>
>
> > Mandrake's repair tool does not fix the problem. Just off
> > topic, the Mandrake guys may have done this on purpose (as a ploy) to put
> > you onto StarOffice (i.e. buy the PowerPack).
>
>
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