On 09/17/2008 11:32 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 17/09/2008 12:41, TomW wrote: [snip] >> Harold: >> >> If you click on the 'Parent Directory' a couple of times, it will take >> you to where you can select the 'Extended' directory. >> >> TomW >> > a) Why would I do that? > b) Even if I do I don't see anything that looks like a British English > version of OOo for Windows > c) How would I have got to the mirror site from an OOo web page? By "OOo > web page" I explicitly mean starting at www.openoffice.org and following > clear unambiguous links that a newbie would understand. >
http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US <quote> These pages are maintained by the native language community and sometimes may not include all platforms. </quote> and following the link: http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html <quote> Note: Not all languages are represented here, only those that have OpenOffice.org websites. For example, many of the African localizations are not listed. A complete list is also available. </quote> and following the link: http://l10n.openoffice.org/languages.html English (GB) 44 2057 809 en-GB english_gb David Bartlett seems to be the one to talk to about getting the english_gb included on the download page. Then again, looking at the top of that page it states: "2007-11-01 NOTE: This information may be outdated! You may find a more recent version in the wiki." following that link: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Languages shows Dave again. Another that apparently needs to be updated & only can be found by chance: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Download_OpenOffice.org_LanguagePacks [I found that by clicking on the "What links here" in Toolbox on http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Languages. And of course clicking on the English_GB for Windows link there: <http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/extended//2.3.1rc1/OOo_2.3.1rc1_20071113_Win32Intel_langpack_en-GB.exe> leads to: <quote> Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 404 ftp5.gwdg.de Fri Sep 19 20:08:55 2008 Apache/2.2.3 (Linux/SUSE) </quote> because it should be pointing to: <http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/extended/2.4.1rc2/OOo_2.4.1rc2_20080529_Win32Intel_langpack_en-GB.exe> Sigh... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
