On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 18:50, Jim Allan wrote: >>> that dictionary.lst was "too difficult to hand edit."
> copies for installing on other machines at work. Once I had downloaded the > two dictionaries, I installed them with Tools → Extension Manager.... > I had no problems. It was far easier than the old dictionary.lst system. If the dictionary can be installed by extensions, and you have only a few, then it is slightly easier than hand editing "dictionary.lst". That process does not scale, when items have to be sequentially installed using an extension manager. > There are obviously still a large number of dictionaries still not converted > to this new format. Also remember to include the dictionaries that were released, but never made it into the official OOo dictionary list. (At least one set looks like it won't be migratable to extension format.) xan jonathon
