On Tuesday 11 October 2005 10:44 am, Dale Erwin wrote:
> Dale Erwin wrote:
> > Jonathon Blake wrote:
> >> Dale wrote:
> >>> I have thought about styles, but could not come up with a good
> >>> way to do what I need to do with them.
> >>
> >> What are you trying to do, that you don't think can be done using
> >> character styles?
> >
> > I need to change from one language to another so that the
> > spell check will use the proper dictionary for each language.
> > If it were restricted to paragraphs, I could use paragraph
> > styles, but I can't imagine having to assign character
> > styles to every character.
> >
> > What seems to me to be the most efficient way would be if
> > there existed a way to choose one language and have it stay
> > in effect until such time as a different one were chosen.
>
> Actually, that does work! I just go to Format > Character
> and select a language. Whatever I type in is then associated
> with that language until I change it. So if I had a macro
> on my toolbar that set each language, it would be really
> simple. Just click and type, click and type.
My I suggest you read the "Introduction to Styles" chapter in the
User's Guide section of documentation.openoffice.org. The URL to the
web page you need is
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html.
Introduction to Styles is a chapter in the Writer's Guide section of
this web page.
Following its directions you can set up a Character Style for each
language you want to use. You can also dock the Stylus window (1.1.x
versions) or the Styles and Formation window (2.0 pre-release
versions). Then when you want to change languages, you simply double
click that language's character style. You can then begin typing in the
new language. There is much more that you can do with styles, but you
will have to read the chapter of styles to find out.
Dan
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