Thanks for that, Hagar
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From: "Hagar de l'Est" <hagar_de_l...@openoffice.org>
To: <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Having dictionary problems in OOo 3.0.?
Hi James,
Sorry to come back that late for your issue.
I think you've been hit by a bug in the Australian dictionary that messed
up the language configuration of many users. As it has been corrected
meanwhile, you have downloaded the right version the second time.
Note that you don't have to restart your computer, just OOo and the
quickstarter have to.
For your custom word list, it should be the standard.dic file in the
/wordbook folder, it can't be in the spell checking files. So just copying
it from the old profile to the new one should do the trick. Just make sure
that this custom dic is ticked in the language options, it wasn't on my
system when I upgraded IIRC.
Hagar
Le 18.12.2008 08:31, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers a écrit :
After mucking around for three days I have finally managed to install
and English (Australia) dictionary.
Here are the steps I followed which might be of some use to others who
have lost their version 2.4, or earlier, dictionaries. I use Windows XP
and have installed the Australian dictionary, but you can make the
necessary changes to install your own language dictionary under your own
OS.
1. Download the English (Australian) dictionary from:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AustralianDictionary
(thanks, Manfred, for the URL)
2. Save the dictionary file to a folder you can locate later.
3. Open OOo Writer (ver 3.0)
4. Click on: Tools > Extension Manager > "ADD" button
5. In the 'Open' dialogue box, navigate to the folder where you saved
your dictionary file and double click on it (which will open it, and add
it to the list in Extension Manager)
6. Restart your computer
7. Open OOo Writer 3.0
8. Click on: Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids > Edit,
and select English (Australia) (make sure the Hunspell SpellChecker box
is ticked)
9. Close back to Language Settings, and this time click on Languages
10. Configure Languages as below:
-- User interface: Default
-- Locale setting: English (Australia)
-- Decimal separator key: tick 'same as locale setting'
-- Default currency: English (Australian)
-- Default languages for documents: English (Australia) (there should be
a large tick before the words English (Australia) if the dictionary is
properly installed)
This worked for me and I hope it helps someone else.
Kind regards, James
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