2006/9/11, Thomas Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Johnny, > These things are not remembered by OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 since a while back. > A month ago I had no problems with that. The only thing I did since then was > to completely empty my HDD (the one including the OS and all software, I ... Since you most likely ruined the installation by doing the above (you can't really expect any Windows program to work even if it is on a different drive if you completely reinstalled your system),
That's not what I meant, sorry for not expressing myself too well in English. After I reinstalled everything (including OpenOffice.org 1.1.5) on a completely empty HDD (I used KillDisk first to fill the HDD with zeros, then FDisk and then I installed Windows, which installation program formatted the HDD for me, then I installed all drivers needed and then most of the software I need, such as OpenOffice.org 1.1.5), I am trying to make OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Writer to remember my dictionary settings. This fails every time. Every time I run OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 Writer (and possibly Calc as well, I didn't try that yet), the spell checker is set to OFF. At Tools – Options – Language – Linguistics, the following are set: 1. OpenOffice.org MySpell SpellChecker (unchecked) 2. ALTLinux LibHnj Hyphenator (unchecked) 3. OpenOffice.org Thesaurus (unchecked) 4. standard [All] (checked) 5. Egen [All] (unchecked) 6. soffice [All] (unchecked) 7. sun [All] (unchecked) 8. IgnoreAllList [All] (checked) The selected language is Swedish. 5. "Egen" is my own dictionary, created using the spell checker dialog to be found at Tools Now I want to check 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 and uncheck 4, so I do so. When that's done, I once again click Tools – Options – Language – Linguistics. Now 1 and 2 are still unchecked, so obviously it has a very short memory OR I missed something (and what that is, is what all this actually is about, I guess). After closing, saving the document and starting up OpenOffice.org 1.1.5Writer once again, the settings I did for 5, 6, 7 and 4 are also "forgotten". So I am not saying that OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 doesn't remember my settings before I reinstalled everything. I am just saying that it doesn't remember the settings I did a few seconds ago. I suggest
you remove OOo 1.1.5 as well and completely, and start from scratch by downloading a current version like OOo 2.0.3.
I did that a while ago, but OpenOffice.org 2.0 was so terribly slow on my PC (made in 1998) and it was totally unusable. I installed OpenOffice.org 2.0on my girlfriend's laptop however, but her laptop is usually occupied by her (surprise, surprise) so I need to use my own PC most of the time. Besides OpenOffice.org 2.0 is terribly slow on her laptop too, but not totally unusable. So if I could, if it just wasn't so heavy, I would just install OpenOffice.org 2.0, just as you suggested. I think the OpenOffice.org 2.0Base would be very useful for me in many cases (not in this case however). So until I got myself a new, extremely fast PC, I will be stuck with OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, so I guess I have to make the best out of it. Many things have improved meanwhile so I won't stick with the old
version.
Many things are greatly improved in OpenOffice.org 2.0, however speed is not... Of course if you want to you can just reinstall the old version
as well.
I guess that "want" is the wrong word in my case. "Have to" seems to be more appropriate, sorry. =) To have a completely new setup you may also like to get rid of the
OpenOffice specific application-data in your "documents and settings" directory before reinstalling the new version.
Thanks for replying! Regards Johnny
