Hi, On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:21, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: > > [...] so it seems that my Standard.dic has carried over, like > yours [Brian's] did. > > My problem is that when I go to: > Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids > Hunspell SpellChecker > > Edit > The default dictionary is English(South Africa) > There is no English(Australia) dictionary to select > If I change to English(UK), it will not accept it > > Under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages > the Locale setting is English (Australia) > as is the Default currency and default languages for documents. > These settings have obviously been inherited from OOo2.4, and probably have > something to do with the English(UK) spell checker not being accepted. > > The net result of all of this is that, in Writer, I have no dictionary at > all, of any nationality, and my spellchecker races through the document > without doing anything. If I want to use Writer then I have to copy and > paste my document into M$ Word to spell check it, which is less than ideal. > > I used to have an Australian Dictionary in OOo2.4, now I have none, and > cannot even install the UK English one, and, in accordance with Murphy's > Law, I am so busy at the moment that I do not have time to research and play > with it any further, so it looks like I will have to go back to M$ Word > until the Christmas break, just to keep on top of my work load. All > previous upgrades have been a dream - this one is a bit of a disaster. > You don't realise how much you depend on your spellchecker until you > don't have one.
You could have one (for OOo 3.x) ;-) -> English Australian Dictionary by dnw An Australian spell check English dictionary. It also includes the US English thesaurus and the GB English hyphenation dictionary. <http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AustralianDictionary> Please read also the comment(s). Manfred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
