On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 12:02 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Mon April 17 2006 20:01, + Don McCarrthy wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > > I have three questions. First is their a grammer checker available for > > Writer? I find such tools to really speed the editing process by doing a > > quick run through that get the obvous problems and note some questionable > > language usage. If their is a patch available I would happily use that or > > even a new version that must be downloaded would be worth it. > No grammar checker is currently available in English.
Please see http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/grammar.html and checkout GRAC, graviax, Higginx and LanguageTool for use with the English language. These are not integrated into OOo but can be used. > > > Question two: is their a way to hyphante words to indicate where and how > > many syllables each word has? I write hiakus in my spare time so knowing > > the syllable count of each word is vital. It would speed the writing > > process immensly. Please see http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/ for information on Hyphenation. > > > > Question three: can a file saved in OpenOffice on a Windows machine open > > and modify files created on a system that uses OpenOffice but has Linux as > > the OS? I want to get a low cost laptop, put Linux on the bloody thing and > > have cross compatability with my desktop which runs XP. The lower sys > > requirements for Linux will breath new life into an old laptop. > Yes. > > Please reply to [email protected] only -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
