If you are talking about Windows, then all you have to do is setup OS for Cyrillic - Control Panel, Regional and Language\Languages\Details\Add. At least, that is how I add support for Russian for English language Windows XP. And you do not have to do anything special in OOo.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Keit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:33 PM > To: OpenOffice > Subject: [users] Russian in writer > > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
