On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:07:19 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On 10/15/2008 01:39 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Over the years I have added hundreds and hundreds of words into the > > "standard" dictionary in OOo, which is currently version 2.4.1. > > However, I don't really know how dictionaries work. Do I understand > > correctly that these entries are in a separate dictionary file? If so, > > can I just add the dictionary to the configuration folder for 3.0 when > > and if I install it? > > Perhaps these will help: > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extension_Dictionaries > > or not... They don't address how to convert your existing 'standard' > dictionary (at least not that I can tell or understand). However: > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=301083 > might offer some hints.
Thanks for the links. Unfortunately, I did not understand what they were talking about. Part of my problem that I don't understand how dictionaries work. All I know is that when I run the spell checker in 2.4.1 I can add a word by clicking on the Add button, then on the only option which drops down: standard [All]. And it works; from then on the word is not flagged as misspelled. Looking at the vast number of files in ~/.openoffice.org2 I find one called standard.dic. As an experiment I typed a person's name into a Writer document, ran the spell check, and added the name to the standard [All] dictionary. The timestamp on standard.dic was instantly changed to the exact moment when I added the word. So standard.dic is where my words are stored. Unfortunately, I cannot see inside the file; that is, it will not open in gedit. Evidently it is in binary format. And it is only 2.5 KB in size, so it cannot be the entire US English dictionary; it must be just my own additions. My other big concern is my AutoCorrect entries. These appear to be in a file called acor_en-US.dat, which file manager says is a zip archive. Again, I proved that this is where the entries are stored by making a change to my AutoCorrect entries. The moment I did the timestamp on acor_en-US.dat was changed to the moment when I made the change. It would be useful to know if OOo 3.0 keeps the same format for AutoCorrect entries. As others have pointed out, installing 3.0 gives you the option of retaining your settings from 2.4.1. What is less clear is whether doing so will convert standard.dic and acor_en-US.dat to whatever 3.0 needs, or whether one or both of these are parts that cannot be converted. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
