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260252 2004-08-10 09:59:00 Is there a New Zealand spell checker for Open Office Org?

I have updated OOo 1.1.0, to 1.1.2 - using PCWorld CD (this month's), and it seems that USA spell check is the only one active. There are options for Australia and NZ, plus others, but choosing these results in an error message.

The web site [ www.openoffice.org ] has lots of info but I cannot find anything on different spell checkers - i.e. English variations.

Does anyone know? - Thanks.
Steve_L (763)
260253 2004-08-10 10:04:00 Hi Steve

You can find the English NZ spell checker download on this page here (lingucomponent.openoffice.org). Try installing this and see if it helps.
Jen C (20)
260254 2004-08-10 10:06:00 Wouldn't ya know it..........found the answer after posting. :^O

The download is located at:
lingucomponent.openoffice.org

Excerpts:

Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~
en_NZ.dic has been altered to include New Zealand places,
including major cities and towns, and major suburbs. It
also contains NZ words, organisations and expressions.

en_NZ.aff has had a few REPlace strings added, but is
basically unchanged.


NZ English Dictionary v0.9 beta - Build 06SEP03
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NB This is an initial version, please check:
lingucomponent.openoffice.org
or
www.girlza.com
for a final version, after a little while (no hurry).


.....Hmmmnnnnn.... will have to check to see if the final version is ready to download.
Steve_L (763)
260255 2004-08-10 10:08:00 Hi Jen - yeeowww you ARE quick to reply - thanks, even though I didn't check before answering my own post. :^O Steve_L (763)
260256 2004-08-10 10:10:00 Amazing - there is even a Maori dictionary:

www.girlza.com
Steve_L (763)
260257 2004-08-10 10:48:00 If anyone is following this thread and plans to download a NZ English dictionary for the spell checker, be sure to also download the installer for the dictionary:

www.ooodocs.org
Steve_L (763)
260258 2004-08-10 19:23:00 I tried "dictinstall.exe" but it does not have English (New Zealand) on the list so I emailed some person and asked if he could add it to the list. Earnie Moore (5918)
260259 2004-08-10 19:36:00 The dictionary, English (NZ) is here (ftp.services.openoffice.org) if you want it.
R2
R2x1 (4628)
260260 2004-08-10 19:40:00 Yes I have it on my desktop first,
then I got the installer program next,
Earnie Moore (5918)
260261 2004-08-10 22:58:00 A little help please.
I downloaded dictinstall and used that to get the English UK dictionary. No problem there. I then downloaded the English NZ dictionary separately - it's not available on the dictinstall list. How do I get OpenOffice to recognise the NZ dictionary?
Raymondo (5284)
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