Andy Pepperdine wrote: > On Sunday 16 July 2006 17:30, Melanie Campbell wrote: > >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 11:52 -0400, Melanie Campbell wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Now that I have managed to figure out my palm + oo and pdf on palm >>>> problems in linux opensuse10.1 - I have run into a question about the >>>> thesaurus. >>>> > > I've had problems with Suse here as well. It seems they have changed OOo for > their standard package. I found the best way to get round it is to remove all > OOo packages from your system (using Yast), and then install a downloaded > version from the OOo site. I've had no trouble since, and now I always do > that for each new version of Suse. > > >>>> If I start a file directly from OO as new - the thesaurus appears active >>>> - but I am editing a file that was already created by my Professor and >>>> the thesaurus is "grey" and inactive. How do I reactivate it? Could >>>> this be because his document might be Canadian english and it is not a >>>> installed in OO? I would actually prefer to have my documents in >>>> Canadian English but I have to find a Canadian dictionary and thesaurus? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Melanie >>>> >>> Try File > Wizards > Install new dictionaries >>> >> This is exactly where I run into problems. When I choose File > >> Wizards ... I have no option to install new dictionaries. >> >> Melanie >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >
Thanks Andy - for the suggestion. I have managed to figure it out without uninstalling the Novell version. I logged in as ROOT and then used the DictOOo macro to install the English Canada and French Canada dictionaries and thesauri - seems to be working like a charm now! Phew! Melanie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
