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Subject:    Re: [users] Problems with dictonary (win98)
From:       Alex Fisher <alexf-ooo () hypermax ! net ! au>
Date:       2002-07-09 1:54:32
Message-ID: 200207091154.32365.alexf-ooo () hypermax ! net ! au
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The problem is most likely in the document settings. If the pre-existing 
documents were created before the en_GB dictionary was installed, the 
spell-checker will take the language setting from the document, probably US, 
and decide that, as it can't find the US dictionary, there isn't one 
available. The result is that *all* words are flagged as wrong, simply 
because "it isn't in the dictionary".

You will need to do a couple of things. First, go to Open the stylist (in the 
default template) and select the Default style. Right click, and select 
Modify. Go to the Fonts tab and look at the "Language" drop-down. Select 
English (GB), and OK. Save the document as a template 
(File-->Templates-->Save), then if necessary set it as the default 
(File-->Templates-->Organize, select the new template, Commands-->Set as 
default). That will take care of all new documents.

For the pre-existing documents, Simply do the modification to the default 
style. That should change the setting in all other styles based on "Default".

This *should* fix it for you.

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:24, Nick Williams wrote:
> Hi Arthur
> Sorry but no luck so far, answers to your questions follow
>
> > when you go to tools --> options --> writing aids --> edit and select
> > english(UK) is there an ABC icon in front of the text English(UK)? If
> > not the dictionary is not correctly installed.
>
> Yes ABC icon is there
>
> > Check the file dictionary.lst
> > You will probably find it in "c:\program
> > files\openoffice.org1.0\user\wordbook\"
> > Use Notepad to edit the file.
> > There should be a line (probably the last line) that says:
> >
> > DICT en UK en_UK
>
> there's GB, not UK but changing GB to UK meant that I lost the ABC icon.
>
> Might be that the dictinstall program didn't install dictionary correctly.
>
> Where do the dictionary files live?
> Can I install manually?
> If so what's the procedure?
>
> Thanks for your reply and sorry for all the questions!!
>
> TIA
> Nick
>
>
>
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Alex Fisher
 Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
 OpenOffice.org Marketing Project

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