2014-01-27 Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]> > > The problem I have with "selling" LO to computer centers, both regular and > ones that teach English as a second language, is how many languages can LO > support at the same time. > > I am talking about two ways. 1 - usable dictionaries in the list. 2 - > different languages you can change your menus to. > > The first one is the key for me. > > You have English, French, Spanish [3 regional versions], Italian, and 4 or > 5 other different language dictionaries, installed and enabled, in the > Extension Manager. How many of those languages are usable to the user > writing documents in English and one or two other languages at a time, then > someone else sits down and tried to use his or hers language[s] with > English. So how many installed and enabled languages can be used at the > same time? I was told there was a very small limited number. > > I can't vouch for the second point, but regarding available dictionaries, here's my experience: I currently have LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 installed under Windows, with the default installation package. In the list of available languages for dictionaries it give me a quite long list. Granted, some are "variations" (like multiple "english" ones), but even then, there's quite a few. I believe that all of them can be used without restriction. At least there is none visible. I wrote a small document with four paragraphs, in French, English, Deutsh and Russian, and was able to set each paragraph to use the correct dictionary with minimal effort: <http://cjoint.com/?DABh5HY3AzL> By moving the cursor from one line to another, you should see the language change in the statusbar. There's multiple way to change the language for a paragraph, but here's two that are quite fast and accessible: - Click in the statusbar on the language portion, that will show you a popup menu, you can then choose "set language for paragraph" - In the "Tools" menu, go to "Language"
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