On 5/26/01 9:15 AM, Eric Trepanier whose e-mail address shall remain
anonymous, wrote:
> 1. Sometimes, when proofing my documents in Entourage, the "Add" option in
> the Control-click menu is grayed out and I can't add new words to my custom
> dictionary. However, If I select a different spelling dictionary, and then
> immediately reselect the previous spelling dictionary, the Add command is no
> longer grayed out and I can add the word. Is this a known bug? I've
> noticed this behavior when proofing documents with the French Canadian
> spelling dictionary (I'll select English (US), then French Canadian again
> and I can start adding words)... I'm not sure if it ever happened while
> proofing with the English (US) dictionary...
I don't see this, I can add words regardless of which dictionary is
selected. Can you provide exact steps to reproduce?
> 2. Is there a Canadian English spelling dictionary available? On the
> Canadian Windows edition of Office, I have always had both spelling
> dictionaries installed and there are many differences in spelling such as
> color / colour, center / centre, etc. I guess I could use English (UK), but
> I'm sure there are some other differences there too.
No.
> 3. In my Mac Office edition, I have English (AUS), English (UK), English
> (US), French and French Canadian spelling dictionaries. Currently, I only
> use the English (US) and French Canadian spelling dictionaries. How can I
> get rid of the others?
To get rid of Australian, remove all the files that has 'Australian' in
their name from the proofing tools folder. I don't think you can get rid of
the English (UK) one, but I haven't tried very hard.
> 4. Is it possible to have have the French Canadian (or French) Dictionary
> feature (the one with the popup word definitions?). This is a very useful
> feature, but only half of what I write is in English, the other half is in
> French. I'd really like to have the Dictionary available in both
> languages...
No, there is no such dictionary available.
> 6. Given that Mac OS X now comes out of the box in a multiple languages
> edition, is there any chance Office for X will also support multiple
> languages out of the box?
No one from Microsoft can comment on the existence or size of the chance.
> Does anybody know how to select a different language in the Mac OS X system
> spelling service (the one used in the Mail app for instance)? It always
> uses English on my system, even on a French Mac OS X desktop...
Go to the system's international preferences panel and make French your 1st
choice. This will also set the UI of Mail.app to French
>
> PS: when proofing this email message, the spelling checker fails to
> recognize my email address above and put wavy red lines underneath it, yet I
> have the option to "Ignore Internet and file addresses"... Why is it not
> recognizing my email address as such and ignoring it? I've noticed the same
> problem in Outlook 2000 under Windows...
I can't reproduce this either.
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