Lori Horn wrote: > I just bought an IMac 4.1. A friend suggested downloading openoffice > instead of word and excel. I am trying to learn how to use it. > (Technology passed me by in about 1986. I still have an avocado green > rotary telephone. That gives you a clue as to the type of language you > need to use to explain the answer to my question.) The principal work I > do on a computer is translate documents from English to Spanish. My old > computer with Word 95 will check my spelling in either English or > Spanish. Somehow it knows after a few words which language I am using > and will adjust itself to underline the typos in the current language. > I would love to have the same feature with your program, but would be > happy to just have spell-check in Spanish, since most of my typing is in > that language. How do I get it? Is it necessary to buy a dictionary? > I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you.
Hi Lori Welcome aboard. Look at http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s05.html and about one screen page down you will see "Spellcheckers." I think this will at least get you started. You probably should look at some of the documents under the big "General" section also especially _"Is there an introductory document for Writer ?"_ Learning to use styles to apply language attributes will make you much more productive. Enjoy using openoffice.org Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
