On 12/03/2009 00:38, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote:
Hi
last time I wrote we were talking about extensions and about being
reminded over and over again about downloadable extensions we don't
want. For example, I don't want the American English dictionary as I
use the Australian English one. Someone suggested uninstalling the
things you don't want, and then you will not be alerted to
downloadable upgrades, so, next time I was asked if i wanted the
latest American English dictionary upgrade I clicked on the button
which said "uninstall this extension" (this button was in the
extensions pop-up screen).
Now, in Outlook Express (Win XP) I cannot spell check my outgoing
e-mails.
I presume that I have unwittingly uninstalled the dictionary the
Outlook Express uses to spell check e-mails. This surprises me as the
OE dictionary is a M$ product and I uninstalled from an OOo screen.
I would be much obliged if any of you can:
1. comment on what I might have done wrong;
2. tell me where the OE dictionary resides;
3. tell me what I need to do to regain spell check functinality in OE
- ie put a dictionary in a place that OE can both read and understand.
This information will also help me with my customers, as one of the
challenges in giving customers OOo instead of M$ Office is that they
then do not have an OE spell checker. I found one on the Internet but
it is very American - ideally, I would like an Aussie one if there is
one available, or, failing that, UK English.
Many thanks, James
OE does not and cannot use any spell checker or dictionary used by OOo.
OE uses the spell checker installed with MS Office. If you uninstall
that then OE loses its ability to spell check. There are free and
non-free spell checkers out there for OE. I use a non-free one from
Isota. Otherwise Google is your friend. Alternatively stop using OE and
switch to Thunderbird (free from Mozilla) which has its own free
dictionaries. Up until OOo 2.4.x Thunderbird used the same dictionaries
as OOo. I think the "upgrade" to OOo 3.x has destroyed that linkage
which, IMHO, is a shame for which the OOo developers are to blame. I
hope someone here will correct me on this, or tell me there's a move to
rectify the situation.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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