On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 08:11 +1100, Jonathon Coombes wrote: > On 18/03/2006, at 7:57 AM, Johnny Andersson wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Someone sent me a ppt file and when I look at it with OOo Impress, > > it look OK, BUT it seems like all of the text is in English (Format > > - Characters - Font - Language), but all the text is in Swedish. > > This cause every word to be shown as wrong spelled. So I need to > > change all the characters of the file to Swedish. The text is > > located in different text boxes so I can't just highlight all the > > text with Ctrl-A. I am talking about maybe 50 text boxes or so on > > 27 pages. Is there an easy way, except writing a macro, to change > > all of the text in that document to Swedish? Of course I could just > > turn the spell checker off, but I want to use the spell checker > > also, since I know some words here and there are wrong spelled too... > > > > Does anyone even understand what I am talking about here...? =) > > > > So: > > 1. Someone created this ppt file and typed it in Swedish. The file > > was then sent to me, and I am free to do what I want with it. > > 2. OOo Impress thinks it is written in English, therefor the spell > > checker doesn't work properly. Most words are shown as wrong spelled. > > 3. Tools - Options - Language: Everything is set to Swedish, which > > is what I want. > > 4. Format - Characters - Font - Language shows English for all text > > in all text boxes. I want this to be set to Swedish. I have already > > set it to Swedish in a few text boxes, and those boxes now work the > > way I want them to, but there are SO many more text boxes to work > > with. > > 5. I can't highlight all text of the file at the same time, as far > > as I know, since the text is located in many small text boxes. > > > > So the question is: > > How can I change Format - Characters - Font - Language for every > > single character in the file with as few steps as possible? > > Hi Johnny, > > If you have a look in the Styles and Formatting window (F11) you will > probably find that most of the text is of the same style such as > "Default" or "Text Body" styles. Modify the appropriate style to > change the language and all the text should change then. >
To add to the process, also check the character styles. Chances are you can change the one that is used and all will change. -- 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]
