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 > > PS please forgive any typos - no spell checker!! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > > To James and users: Why are you using OE, when you could have a much better Browser and Email by using Seamonkey or Firefox and Thunderbird? Secondly, why are you not using a FREE Suite called OOo ver.3 which will both Read AND Write MSFT Office files? :-)
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