Hello John,
> When I check spelling, I notice, under 2.4, that there are 4 dictionaries: > sun, soffice, novell, and standard. > > 1) why is there more than 1 dictionary? > 2) are they different, or used differently by other programs? > 3) which is the best one to use, and why? It's years ago so I don't remember anymore why there are both of sun.dic and soffice.dic. Probably some historical reason. As for the novel.dic you need to ask Novell, I don't know anything about that. And the standard.dic is needed for the 'add' functionality in the context menu of misspelled words and the spell check dialog since that requires a dictionary that can be modified by the user. And usually the other three arent't because they belong to the share layer and can not be modified by the 'normal' user. Also those dictionaries in the share layer are likely not to be copied upon migration to a newer office version. They'll probably just get replaced by new ones. Thus the standard.dic is created automatically in order to have at least one permanent dictionary where all words can be added to. Also the dictionaries in the user layer should be copied upon migration (updating to a newer version). > and finally: > > 4) if I "add" a special word (employee's name, etc.), why am modifying an > established dictionary? I set up a special one tody for my internal words, > but these issues came to mind. If you don't have admin permissions you should not be able to modify the other dictionaries at all. Thus (and for the reasons above) creating a new user-dictionary is the correct way to do! That is unless you like to stick with the standard.dic. > and, finally, finally (I lied): > > 5) how do I edit my private dictionary? Well, if thos are user-dcitionaries this can only be done via UI "Tools/Options/ .../Writing Aids" or via API. The format used can not be edited in a text editor. Sad to say, but that is the current state of affairs. Regards, Thomas PS: Somewhere a macro was posted that copied a dictionary content to a document (one entry per line) and allowed you to add/modify those, and later on to write those entries back to the dictionary. But I don't know anymore where that was found. Just ask in this list and someone will probably answer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
