On Thu December 22 2005 07:32, Leigh Blackall wrote: [snip very verbose description] > So now, when I clicked that spell checker, it would still first ask me what > level I want to check at, but instead of presenting words not in that > level's list as miss-spelt, it would call on wiktionay and recognise the > word being used, then suggest other words more appropriate to the selected > level. Not only progressive academics trying to reach their broader > community would benefit, but people trying to improve their literacy as > well - the school boy trying to make his essay read more 'expertly' uses > the tool and gets guidance in a more useful way... or the Taiwanese kid > trying to comprehend some verbose English text, runs it through the spell > checker at a level 2 to get a better idea...
[snip] > So I hope some language tools programmer reads this some day, and lets me > know were my idea falls short. First please understand that the development resources of OpenOffice.org are limited and their time is precious. So while being verbose is sometimes good, it is also as useful to give a summary. I did not read all of your text, but my scan of it seems to indicate that the above is about right. Second, it is possible to do most of what you want using macros. Except for the wikidictionary bit, which I think is by far the largest part of the problem. How do you think you would solve that ? -- Please reply to [email protected] only. Normally [email protected] is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
