On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:49:37 +0300, Reg Kennedy wrote:

> I've been using 1.4 and now trying the 2.0 beta. In each it seems I can't
> have the Thesaurus if I want to use UK English. Can anyone help, please?
> Thanks
> Reg

I don't think there is a UK Thesaurus available, but you can get ooo to
use the new US English one.

Close down openoffice, including the quickstarter if you are on Windows.

Find the file dictionary.lst, which is normally (for 2beta) in

[openoffice installation path]/share/dict/ooo

Depending on your operating system, you may have to be logged in as
administrator/root to edit it.

Open the file in an ordinary text editor like notepad on Windows, and look
for the line:

THES en US th_en_US_v2

Copy and paste the line to a blank line in the file.
The alter US to GB, so it reads:

THES en GB th_en_US_v2

Save the file and restart openoffice

In Tools, Options,Language Settings, make sure the languages dialogue box
is all set to UK, and the Writing aids has thesaurus ticked.

You should then be able to use the thesaurus - and it recognizes UK
spellings!

You can vote for Issue 44793 to get it set up automatically.

-- 

John

[EMAIL PROTECTED]


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to