The only instance I'd see this being an issue for a school would be if you typed in botch and you got f*ck up suggested as a synonym. I checked and in fact f*ck up is not suggested at all. The only instance in which it comes up is if the user types it, and in that case it suggests synonyms. Why shouldn't the software offer the kids nice alternatives to otherwise nasty words? Isn't this your original concern anyway? If the kids already know the word enough to spell it correctly, then I think censoring the dictionary is going to be fruitless. That's my two cents. Good luck with the distribution, personally I hope more schools begin using OpenOffice as I think they can benefit the most from its use.
Robert >>> "Craig Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/18/05 8:04 AM >>> I'm not necessarily trying to be a censor. What I was really concerned about was being forced to remove OpenOffice.org from the computers in my classroom because of those words. I looked them up in a school dictionary and they were there also, so I doubt it will be an issue. However, I still think a user should have the ability to remove or add words and/or phrases from the dictionary and thesaurus if they want to. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Wangshanpo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 7:29 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Profanity in the dictionary and thesaurus Martin S wrote: > 2005/11/18, Craig Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The word f**k and the expression "f**k up" are in the dictionary and >> thesaurus. Is it possible to remove these? I have tried, but I have >> been unsuccessful. I would like to use these at my school, but with >> these words in the dictionary, I don't think that will be possible. >> >> > > Interesting. > My sons school has a policy against profanity in school. However, no > one has ever come up with the idea of censoring the Word dictionaries. > Children pick up these words weather you like or not, so it's fairly > pointless in trying to censor dictionaries. And if they still use them > in texts, they might as well spell them correctly. > > Personally I'd be very reluctant to start practicing censorship - you > never know where it ends. > > Regards, > > Martin S > > Craig asked a very simple function/operation related question but see how it ferreted out those whose moral judgement is evidently better than the rest. Intriguing! -- OOo 2.0 - Seamonkey 1.5 (nightly build) - Win XP sp2 ================================= http://www.answersingenesis.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
