Hello Spence, I found the 'myspell' rpm in the Mandrake Control Centre> Add Software section. After adding, it works well, but did not install originally as you seem to have found.
Thank you for your kind interest. Malcolm Candlish. On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 22:14, Spencer wrote: > On November 19, 2002 01:47 pm, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote > Before anyone makes wild assumptions about what Mandrake did or did not do, > please ensure that you have the appropriate OO help rpm installed, such as; > > file:/Cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/OpenOffice.org-help-en-1.0.1-9mdk.i586.rpm > > All spellchecking is enabled with installation of this rpm. Please ensure that > myspell is also installed. For some reason, these are not installed > automatically when OO is originally installed. I included this rpm when I did > the first install and spellchecking has worked properly since. > > Spence > > > 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). > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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