Hi :) Sorry about that! Anyone that is missing Vista must surely be in a fairly dire state. Where did Vista go? Have you been able to try out Tim's suggestion of opening the .oxt by opening LO first and then clicking on Tools - "Extension Manager" and then browse for your .oxt?
I think the dictionary that Tim pointed to http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english is the one i had been hunting for and is better than the one i suggested. Also as Andreas and Tim both point out the file-sizes you quote are completely wrong. Please download the proper official version of LO from the LO website. This link gets you the newest branch http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ this next link gives you the more stable branch but it has a few less features. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86&lang=en-US&version=3.5.6 errrr, that's US of course so you might want this next link instead if you want a different language (or just hack the url address, if you get it wrong you'll probably just get the north american one again) http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86 Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Lostsoul <joyseyh...@yahoo.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2012, 2:44 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . > > You' ve lost me again here your way off track . . > >--- On Fri, 10/12/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ><ml-node+s969070n4012943...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > > >From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ><ml-node+s969070n4012943...@n3.nabble.com> >Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >To: "Lostsoul" <joyseyh...@yahoo.com> >Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:35 AM > > >Hi :) >I think what i would be tempted to do at this stage, since you have >put so much time&effort in is to resize the Win7 partition to around > 30-50Gb and then get an Ubuntu Cd and install Ubuntu on however much >space you have left (assuming you have over 15Gb to spare). Ubuntu >comes with tons of programs already installed so it very usable right >from the start. >http://www.ubuntu.com/ >The download button is halfway down the left side, just under the title "Rock >Solid". > > >Windows is a Pita to install. I think probably a lot of people on this list >share your pain as there are probably a lot us here that have had to try it >too. With hindsight i think it's usually best to stick with whatever is >already on the machine but just shrink the partition as small as reasonably >possible and then use the rest of the space for the new install of whatever. > >Win7 is great once it's installed and got all the programs but it sounds like >yours has something wrong with it, or with the LO install or something. Like >i say it is a total pain to install. > > >Not that once you have created the Ubuntu Cd you can boot-up straight from the >Cd without even installing it so you can test-drive the look&feel of Ubuntu. >We call it a "Live Cd session". You can make a Usb one which is a lot faster >but people often still call it LiveCd even if it's Usb. >Regards from >Tom :) > > > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> >>To: [hidden email] >>Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 16:10 >>Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >> >>OHHH my to much to do wonder if its worth it i miss vista everything worked >>like a charm first must re install the newest biggest version; so much bloody >>crap to install - and i openned not saved - later . . . >> >>--- On Fri, 10/12/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] >><[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> >>From: krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> >>Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> >>Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:03 AM >> >> >> >>Did you try to open the file in the browser or download it? Right-Click >>and do a "save link as". >> >>Once you download a ".oxt" extension file, dictionary or other, then you >>open LibreOffice. Go to "Tools" and then "extension manager". Use the >>"Add" option. >> >>My American, British, and Canadian dictionaries are listed in the >>Extension Center, but hosted externally. >> >>The quickest way to get them is go directly to my current dictionary >>page on the NA-DVD web site. >> >>http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english >> >>My dictionaries start with "kpp". >> >>This is a direct link to my largest American English dictionary and >>thesaurus - 773,407 spelling words in its word list. The British and >>Canadian versions are at about 639,000 words. >> >>http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-plus-tech-words-773407-words.oxt >><http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english> >>I use LO 3.5.6 right now, but there should be no issues with the .oxt >>extensions, dictionary or other types, with the 3.6.x line. >> >> >>On 10/12/2012 08:02 AM, Lostsoul wrote: >> >>> Just wonderful tryed the first link and all i get is and i quote - " OTX >>> file not supported " >>> >>> I must ask have you ever used windows 7 and libre ? ? >>> >>> --- On Fri, 10/12/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden >>> email]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> >>> Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>> To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> >>> Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:05 AM >>> >>> >>> Hi :) >>> I think it's one of the Extensions on this page >>> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/american-british-canadian-spelling-hyphen-thesaurus-dictionaries >>> >>> Extensions are probably best known as Add-ons or Plug-ins in other >>> projects. Extensions is the older word and really needs to be modernised >>> and upgraded to one of the newer names that people do tend to recognise >>> because it's just confusing now. The word has been used to mean other >>> things that we often need to talk about in LO. The main page is >>> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center >>> but often other 3rd party Extensions can be found in all sorts of odd >>> places and OpenOffice Extensions probably also still work. Some won't >>> though and as the projects diverge less of the AOO or old OOo ones will be >>> compatible. >>> >>> I just stumbled on this article by the Unixmen mag >>> http://www.unixmen.com/ten-nice-extensions-for-libreoffice/ >>> I've never used any of them but spotted one i really liked the look of so >>> i've downloaded it and double-clicked it to see if it "does what it says on >>> the tin" >>> >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> >>>> To: [hidden email] >>>> Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 11:41 >>>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>> >>>> beats me how do i try that / >>>> >>>> --- On Fri, 10/12/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden >>>> email]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> >>>> Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>> To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> >>>> Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 4:10 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi :) >>>> I thought most people that had trouble with spell-checkers fixed it by >>>> just downloading and installing one of the dictionaries from the NA (North >>>> American) Dvd Project? I think they are oxt's so just downloading and >>>> then double-clicking on the downloaded file. >>>> >>>> Ubuntu is another operating system. Win7 is an operating system. Xp >>>> was/is. OS X is. Each has it's own advantages and disadvantages. >>>> >>>> Regards form >>>> Tom :) >>>> >>>> >>>> --- On Fri, 12/10/12, Lostsoul <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> >>>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>> To: [hidden email] >>>> Date: Friday, 12 October, 2012, 2:44 >>>> >>>> Ok what is Ubuntu i have no idea; never used it so whats the 411 on >>>> it; hows it work and whats the checking system you use maybe i should try >>>> it hum; might help me nail and fix the no spell check - later . . . >>>> >>>> --- On Thu, 10/11/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] >>>> <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> >>>> Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>> To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> >>>> Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 9:16 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I know many users that have Win7 and their LO package works fine. >>>> >>>> I know of users that have this spelling issue with Vista and XP. >>>> >>>> It is not an issue that can be easily replicated, since only a few >>>> people seem to have trouble with the spell checking system. If the >>>> issue cannot be easy replicated, it becomes very hard to find what code >>>> or combination of code is causing the problem on only certain systems. >>>> It could be something as weird as some problem in the Win7 registry that >>>> is corrupted that could be causing the problem. I have to run a >>>> checking system every so ofter to fix the registry errors that happen on >>>> my various XP and Vista systems I deal with from time to time [mine and >>>> others]. >>>> >>>> Oh well, that is why I have been running Ubuntu since 2009 on my main >>>> desktop and on various servers and laptops before then. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/11/2012 08:11 PM, Robert Burns wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hummm thinking wonder if i could copy and paste a doc to Libre >>>>> then follow you ideas or do i have to invent; type up a new doc and >>>>> tryed out Open Office and I B M lotus and they both hate both windows 7 >>>>> amazing that can t get fixed so far; looking at other office programs >>>>> maybe they all don t hate win 7 - theirs a bunch of free ones its >>>>> amazing - later . >>>>> >>>>> --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Tom Davies <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Tom Davies <[hidden email]> >>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . >>>>> . >>>>> To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]>, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> >>>>> Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 8:14 AM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi :) >>>>> I think just try exactly what you have described. >>>>> 1. Just save the file >>>>> 2. close the file >>>>> 3. double-click to open it >>>>> 4. click on the spell-check button >>>>> >>>>> If step 3 opens the file in anything other than LibreOffice then >>>>> 1. close the file again >>>>> 2. right-click on the file's icon, a menu should appear >>>>> 3. in that right-click menu choose "Open with ..." >>>>> 4. Hopefully LibreOffice Writer should be in there. If not then at the >>>>> bottom there is usually something like "more programs". LibreOffice's >>>>> various programs/modules (Writer, Calc etc) should be in there. >>>>> >>>>> If that doesn't work or starts looking far too complicated then >>>>> 1. Open LibreOffice but do >>>>> File - Close >>>>> to get back to the LO splash-screen that offers a choice of which module >>>>> to open. >>>>> 2. Instead of opening a module just drag the file's icon into the LO >>>>> window >>>>> >>>>> Probably the 1st set of 4 steps will do the trick. The rest is just in >>>>> case it's being awkward. I have forgotten which OS you are using but >>>>> they are all pretty much the same except Mac. However, there are slight >>>>> differences so please let us know which OS you are using to get better >>>>> detail. Windows? Xp, Win7? Ubuntu, Mageia, Fedora openSUSE or some >>>>> other flavour of Gnu&Linux? OS X or other Mac? It seems unlikely you >>>>> are using a BSD (unless you count Mac) but if you are there might still >>>>> be someone on this list using it although i think they tend to go off to >>>>> the devs list fairly quickly or use their own down-stream forums/lists. >>>>> Regards from >>>>> Tom :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> >>>>> To: [hidden email] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 12:41 >>>>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>>> >>>>> Can i save a document then re open it in Libre that re open in >>>>> Libre are have it spelled checked to fix a mis spelled word that was >>>>> missed earlyier and if so how? >>>>> >>>>> --- On Thu, 10/11/12, Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation >>>>> Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] >>>>> <[hidden email]> >>>>> Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . >>>>> To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> >>>>> Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 2:05 AM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Le 11/10/2012 02:22, Lostsoul a écrit : >>>>>> Ok using Libre version 3.6.2.2 and my auto spell doesn t and even worse >>>>>> when >>>>>> i click on manual spell check all i get is the stupid question do i want >>>>>> to >>>>>> start at the top; i click yes >>>>> I think that question is not stupid. Some people just want to start >>>>> spellchecking at the current location. YMMV. >>>>> >>>>>> but then i get the boot telling me its all >>>>>> finished and it isn t ! ? >>>>>> >>>>>> So whats that crap all about and how do i fix it ? ? H E L P waiting >>>>>> . . >>>>>> >>>>> Check that in Format / Characters the language is defined as you wish. >>>>> If it is defined as [none] no wonder you get the behaviour you're >>>>> meeting. >>>>> >>>>> The best way to fix the undefined language is to set the underlying >>>>> paragraph style: >>>>> (the paragraph being selected or the insertion point being in the faulty >>>>> paragraph) >>>>> 1. F11 (or Format / Styles and formatting). A new toolbar shows up. >>>>> 2. Make sure the Paragraph styles list is selected (first toolbutton >>>>> from the left) >>>>> 2. Right-Click the selected style name >>>>> 3. Select Change >>>>> 4. In the Font page, go to Language list. Set the language to the >>>>> desired value. >>>>> 5. Validate >>>>> >>>>> And you're set! >>>>> >>>>> Note: I'm using an FR interface. 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