On Sun September 11 2005 00:34, + Amy Newport wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > As a part-time journalist, I mostly use word processing programs. Open > Office Writer is a good program, but it still needs some tweaking. For > instance it does not recognize numerals in the spell check. It also does > not detect repeated words, punctuation marks or extra spaces. Also, there > is not a grammar checker or at least there is not in the English version. I > recently tried using Link Grammar an open source grammar checker, but found > it confusing and difficult to use. It has since been deleted. Apparently > though, its developers are working with ABI Word to incorporate a grammar > check into its next word processor. It may be a good place to start for > developing a grammar check. > I have fairly good grammar, but rely on the grammar check in Word Perfect > as a back up. I have a mild learning disorder and sometimes can't see > relatively simple mistakes. > I would really like to see a English grammar check in Writer and think with > a reliable mostly accurate checker Writer could give MS Word a real run for > its money. > I think many businesses would jump at a chance to save big bucks with an > office suite that does everything Microsoft Office does at a fraction of > the cost.
Hi Amy, At the moment there is no plans to add grammar checking to OOo2.0. Grammar checking is very complex and error prone (both false positives and false negatives). The infrastructure is mostly in place (there are grammar checkers available for other languages). Please reply to [email protected] only -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
