Harold Fuchs <oo_volunteer <at> wolfeden.demon.co.uk> writes: > > On Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:40 AM [GMT+1=CET], Andy Pepperdine > <andy <at> pepperdine.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 02:13, Kelvin Eldridge wrote: <snip> > > Using UK English on my Win XP Pro, OOo 2.1 installation each of the > words bric-a-brac and bric-à-brac is highlighted as *two* errors, one > for "bric" and one for "brac" - each "half" is *separately* underlined > in squiggly red. This seems to indicate that the hyphen is not regarded > as part of the word at all; to put it another way, it seems that neither > bric-a-brac nor bric-à-brac is deemed to be a "word" by the spell > checker. > > On the other hand, OOo 2.0.4, also using UK English and Win XP Pro only > shows the "brac" part as being misspelt, regardless of the accent over > the "a". > > Weird. > > Harold Fuchs > London, England >
Thanks also Harold for your input. I tested OOo 2.0.2 using AU English and Win XP Pro and there were *two* errors. So yes what you see for 2.0.4 does appear weird;-) Kelvin Eldridge OpenOffice.org Australian English dictionary creator/maintainer. www.JustLocal.com.au (Link to latest dictionary file page located at the bottom of the page.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]