On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 09:20 +1100, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > On 09/02/2006, at 12:44 AM, Nick Norton wrote: > > > Thank you for your reply, > > > > Your suggestions FAILED to resolve the Language Failure. And as such > > the product will now be remove from all my machines and all my > > employees > > will no longer be permitted to use such badly designed software. > > Please > > note that I do believe this to be far superior to any microsoft can > > produce but since it will not spell check in the British English > > language I must remove this product. > > > > I have now started a project for a word editor who default setting > > will > > be British English, it is also unlikely to ever support american > > English. > > Hi Nick, > > It seems to me that you are having some trouble with setting up the > OpenOffice.org package. First, I must point out that the software has > not failed here - I have installed and used both UK and AU English > and used it effectively, and still do, for myself and other businesses. > > To say that the software is badly designed based on the notion that > you cannot get it work the way you want is wrong. You have not > given us any indication of what errors (if any), what system you are > using, what you have tried to do so far etc. This is where the failure > has come about, NOT with the software. > > I see that you have started your own project. I wish you well in this, > but it is unnecessary as OpenOffice.org already does this.
I thought it wasn't working either, because it didn't catch the one word I used to experiment with, which was 'customize', although the en-US spell check caught 'customise'. But the reason for that is simple - 'customise' isn't in either the GB or AU .dict file (and neither is 'custom' - so the GB affix rules don't work either - although 'customised' and 'customary' are in there but probably don't need to be), but 'customize' *is* in the US .dict file. There is also the User Interface language, and the only choice in my copy is Default or English (USA). The reason I used 'customize' in my spell check test was because that was the first word in the menus that I found that has American spelling. Perhaps this is what Nick is upset about. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
