Hello.
I am posting this mesage to this list, as I understand, from what I have
read on the Open Office web site, that this is the appropriate forum
for making suggestions to improve Open Office.
I currently use Open Office 2.0.4, running on Debian etch (Debian 4.0).
I have finally worked out why the spellchecker in the word procesor,
wasn't working - apparently it only works when the language selected is
USA, and not UK English.
So, I thought that I would try to find whether an upgrade for Open
Office, is available, in case a leter version that is avaiable,
includes spellchecking using UK English.
On the web page at http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.1/index.html , it
shows that a version 2.2.13 (DEB) is available for Linux.
I assume that the "DEB" refers to a Debian version.
However, the download is not for a .deb package, but is for a .tar.gz
file.
As the installation of software throough a package manager, thus
installing .deb packages on Debian, is much simpler than using .tar.gz
files, my suggestion is that providing Open Office versions as .deb
packages, would make installing and updating/upgrading Open Office,
easier and more accessible.
Also, making the spellchecker work for UK English, would make Open
Office more useful.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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