Hi Brian
With regard to: "Just as you would expect, if you have so far not installed
it."; it might help if you described how to install it, instead of making
smart Alec remarks.
"Until you perform the necessary installation, nothing will improve,
of course. Do I hear you saying that you don't have time to work this out
but implying that others might find that time on your behalf? Hmmm..."
"Hmmm", indeed! For what it is worth, what I meant is that after spending
several hours a day for three consecutive days, without any useful help from
the list, I could not justify taking any more time out of my work ("work"
being that which puts bread on my family's table). No ... I do not expect
anyone else to put in the time I have devoted to this matter, namely 12
hours over three days. What I expect is that if this IS a COMMUNITY of like
minded people, perhaps one of them could take a moment to point me in the
right direction without denigrating my character, or attempting to start a
flame war.
As you premised: "> I don't think you can have been following this list for
the last few
months without picking up the fact that dictionaries are handled
differently in version 3".
I have not been following the list for a while, as I have been overseas.
So, if one cannot access the list for a while, then one is no longer welcome
to post queries - is that what you are saying?
"If you didn't know where to find this dictionary - as I didn't, of
course - you could find it by going to Tools | Extension Manager...,
following the "Get more extensions here..." link, and either browsing to
what you need or doing a search on "Australian".
I tried that and the only two options were English(UK) and English(US), and
the only option was to "Remove", not add new ones, but I have obviously
missed something. Over the Christmas-New-Year break I will have some free
time and I will look into this further, probably without help from the list.
How can someone who is starting a flame can end with: "I trust this helps",
beggars belief - It does not, In fact it diminishes the whole community.
Even M$ are polite in dealing with queries, even if the often, but not
always, charge for doing so.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Barker" <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>
To: <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Dict file in OOo 3.0.?
At 18:21 15/12/2008 +0900, James Elliott wrote:
You finished with: "I trust this helps" - sorry, I must be really thick,
because it actually does not help, but thanks for trying.
Well, if the remaining problem had been that you had lost your additional
words, as you suggested, it may well have.
I found "standard.dic" ...
... it seems that my Standard.dic has carried over, like yours did.
So you do have your additional words and have no need for the workaround.
There is no English(Australia) dictionary to select
You mean you have still not installed one?
The net result of all of this is that, in Writer, I have no dictionary at
all, ...
Just as you would expect, if you have so far not installed it.
... I am so busy at the moment that I do not have time to research and
play with it any further, ...
Until you perform the necessary installation, nothing will improve, of
course. Do I hear you saying that you don't have time to work this out
but implying that others might find that time on your behalf? Hmmm...
All previous upgrades have been a dream - this one is a bit of a disaster.
You don't realise how much you depend on your spellchecker until you don't
have one.
I don't think you can have been following this list for the last few
months without picking up the fact that dictionaries are handled
differently in version 3.
o Go to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/node/1232 and download
the English Australian Dictionary (27 November version) in its new form.
Put the .oxt file somewhere that you can keep it.
o Double-click the .oxt file to run OpenOffice's Extension Manager and
follow the instructions to install the dictionary.
o While you are there, you may wish to disable any installed dictionaries
that you know you will not need.
o Now tinker appropriately with the language and dictionary settings in
Tools | Options... (and possibly in existing documents).
If you didn't know where to find this dictionary - as I didn't, of
course - you could find it by going to Tools | Extension Manager...,
following the "Get more extensions here..." link, and either browsing to
what you need or doing a search on "Australian".
I trust *this* helps. ;^)
Brian Barker
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