-------- Original Message -------- From: Harold Fuchs <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:59:41 +0000
> 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. James, In addition to Harold's excellent advice regarding upgrading to Thunderbird, if you must continue with OE check the following link: http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/ This OE spell checker is made available by Kelvin Eldridge, who was the main developer of the (unofficial, but up-to-date) pre-OOo3 Australian dictionaries. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
