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| Thread ID: 47967 | 2004-08-10 09:59:00 | Open Office Org Spell Checker - NZ ? | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 260262 | 2004-08-10 23:06:00 | For what it is worth..... perhaps others are having this problem?... The Dictionary Installer could not find OOorg on my PC - and I have tried running it numerous times from different locations on the HD. So, I took the two small files (they are en_NZ.dic and en_NZ.aff) that came with the unzipped NZ Dictionary that I downloaded, and put them where the other (USA) dictionary files are located within the OOo program. No luck - OOo did not recognize them. So I modified the file "DicOOo.sxw" using Notepad, to include the NZ dictionary. Now at least OOo recognizes them, i.e. "sees" them when I go to Tools/Language/etc./Edit/etc. ... but when running Spell Checker NZ words are not recognized and an error message pops up saying something about the Australian dictionary is not installed. And yes, I have edited the Tools/etc. section so that NZ English is specified in about 3 different locations within the Tools/Language/etc. section. Now I'll probably try to unistall OOo, then install the older 1.1.0 version, try to run the Dictionary Installer, and if this works I will then update to version 1.1.2. What a pain.... :( BTW: Running WinXP Home. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 260263 | 2004-08-10 23:59:00 | Thank you Steve. I had gone down the same track....I unzipped the files and copied them across to the dict/ooo folder but I didn't try to modify any files - my talents are very limited in that respect. I simply played with all the edit functions in OO to see if I could get it to recognise the NZ dictionary. I will wait to see if you or anyone else can provide a (simple) solution. |
Raymondo (5284) | ||
| 260264 | 2004-08-13 00:57:00 | Hello Raymundo, It looks like no one is going to assist us with out OOorg problem. I haven't done anything else since I last fiddled with OOo. As stated before, my OOo does see the NZ dictionary (in the box where one chooses which one - USA or whatever), but OOo cannot use it - when doing a spell check an error message comes up - strangely referring to the Australian dictionary. If no one here on PF1 can help us, perhaps there is an email list / forum dedicated for OOorg....? |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 260265 | 2004-08-13 08:02:00 | Did you follow the steps on this (ooodocs.sourceforge.net) page to register the new dictionary within OOo after installing it? | Jen C (20) | ||
| 260266 | 2004-08-14 01:31:00 | Hello Jen, Yes, I did follow the instructions. As stated above in a previous post: "The Dictionary Installer could not find OOorg on my PC - and I have tried running it numerous times from different locations on the HD." In other words, the Dictionary Installer could not be run as it locked/stopped when it could not find my OOo. |
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