On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 15:33 +0000, Peter Keit wrote: > I want to write and to open documents in different languages, among them in > Russian (Cyrilic alphabet). Until now I have been working with microsoft > word. I had installed support for the three foreign languages I used to work > with. Essential for me weren't so much dictionaries and spelling check, but > specific keyboard support and the possibility to switch over by one mouse > click (or two)from one language to the other. I have just bought a new PC > where word was not pre-installed. So I decided to try OpenOffice. > But up to now (after 4 days) I couldn't manage to get the necessary support > for Russian. I told you about the first shock when I opened a russian > word-file: OO.o writer didn't refuse to do so, but prefered to show it in > Hebrew.(As to French, there is no real problem, though I would prefer writing > with French keyboard-version). > I got OO.o software by quickdownload - successfully, it seems. On the > respective websites I found lots of hints for additional/optional components, > but not what I was looking for. Then I bought a comprehensive guide > OpenOffice.org 2.0 by Michael Kolberg (I'm German)together with an > installation-CD. There I found PackFull.zip, which apparently contains > support files for many languages, Russian too. I downloaded all and saved it > in my OO.o-directory, but there was no installation wizard. On the other > hand, following the guide, I opened in the writer program Datei (file) - > assistents - install more dictionaries. The menue which appeared then > enumerated > about 20 languages (Kurd, Slovenian ...!), but not Russian. Besides, as I > told you, it isn't dictionaries I am interested in, but simply support for > writing and reading documents in Cyrilic (there are several Cyrilic fonts > installed on my PC). > I wonder if somebody can show me the way to "Russian in writer, if possible > not too complicated and hard a way. > -- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The following link offers Thessallonika a Multi-linugual tool that may be what you are after. http://tinyurl.com/84bbz -- 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]
