On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:06 +0200, Samuel Murray wrote: > [multiposted to ooo4trans] > > G'day everyone > > I have a few questions regarding custom dictionaries in OOo. > > I can create a custom dictionary from within OOo, but I can only add one > word at a time. I tried to find that newly created dictionary on my > hard drive, but to no avail. I can't figure out where OOo saves the > custom dictionary (and under what name). Can anyone enlighten me? >
You are a candidate for using http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/ which offers methods and tools to make this happen. Other tools are also available, such as the Dictionary Import/Export macro from ooomacros.org which you can get via the http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html > Are the autocorrections saved as an accessible file anywhere? Again, I > can add autocorrections one by one, but I'd like to add a whole bunch of > them (roughly 2500 of them). I can add them using an AutoIt script, > because 2500 won't take that long to add. I suppose I could add them > using an OOo macro, but I don't know the OOo macro language. > I think lingucomponent also addresses this but do not know for sure. > The custom dictionary I'm planning on adding, however, contains 350 000 > words, so no AutoIt script is going to do the trick, unless I'm willing > to run the script for a few days non-stop. Surely one can add a custom > dictionary to OOo in the same or similar way as adding a custom > dictionary in MS Word (by simply adding the DIC file to the correct > subdirectory)? > Use the tools. I used the thesaurus set to create a Bowlderized thesaurus for schools. > I also have trouble creating a new MySpell language file. AFAIK it > should be possible to just have any old zip file, add a file named > "spell.txt" in it with the content: > >> ln, LN, ln_LN, Language (Language), file.zip << > and have the spelling dictionary as a standard DIC file zipped as > file.zip in the same directory. But this doesn't work... OOo doesn't > "see" the new language, even though the dictionary installer wizard > reports no errors. But this is secondary... I can piggyback my custom > dictionary on top of an existing installed language file. > Try the lingucomponent approach and let us know if it worked. Also please consider contributing your dic files to the project. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
