What dictionary did you install? My OO spell checks quite well. Is it possible that you didn't install myspell and the dictionary for your language? They don't install by default.
Joeb On Tue, 2002-11-19 at 15:47, Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: > Hi There, > > I can't be 100% certain about this. > > I know that the mandrake guys are really clued up about what > they do, maybe they did disable the spell checker on purpose, maybe it > was a genuine mistake. If they did it on purpose, they would most > likely try and push the fix to the solution as StarOffice (hence the > powerpack statement) or possibly even the Mandrake Club. If true, it > smells of a Microsoft tactic. Disable an important feature in a > cheaper program, and push the solution as the more expensive option. > > It could also be a mistake, no bodies perfect. In my > experiences with Mandrake9.0, there are a lot of bugs that keep me > from completely dropping windows. This problem is pretty big for a > lot of people, and I am sure that if Mandrake didn't ship StarOffice > as well, OpenOffice would have been working correctly. > > Any comments? > > Craig > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 20 November, 2002 10:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] OpenOffice Spell Checker. > > > Craig, you can't be serious. > > Miark > > > > Mandrake's repair tool does not fix the problem. Just off > > topic, the Mandrake guys may have done this on purpose (as a ploy) > to put > > you onto StarOffice (i.e. buy the PowerPack). -- Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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