On Monday, December 11, 2006 8:38 AM [GMT+1=CET], Marc Hug
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I do not think that you can use the same version alternatively in
Spanish and in English. I tried to change my French version into
English or German. All I was able to obtain was the spell check in
these languages. I hope someone else will give you better advice.
Marc H.
<snip>
There are things called "language packs". A list (partial? complete?) is
at
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/2.0.4-RC3/OOo_OOD680_m5_native_Win32Intel_langpacks/.
This does not seem to include a Spanish pack.
Here is a quote from the Setup Guide at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_A4.pdf
=========== begin quote =========
Language packs are mostly available from each Native Language Community
and may also
be available from
http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ plus
the appropriate release. For example,
http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/2.0rc2/
========== end quote =========
I just installled the Danish pack (my wife is Danish so it seemed like a
good idea). I found it by clicking "Native Language" on the OOo home
page, selecting Danish and then clicking "Sprogpakker og tidligere
versioner" ("Language packs and earlier versions"). This takes one to a
page where one can choose the Danish sprogpakke for different platforms.
Having installed the Danish language pack I can start OOo (Writer, say)
and go to Tools>Options>Language Settings>Languages and change the User
Interface setting to Danish. If I had a Danish dictionary (next step) I
could request that too. When I click OK I'm told that the change will
take place the next time I start OOo. It just works. I stopped OOo,
started it again and, lo and behold, the user interface and all the Help
is suddenly in Danish. Of course I don't have a Danish keyboard so
figuring out how to achieve all those "Scandiwegian" vowels is going to
be another research project (ditto, presumably, for German, Spanish
[upside down punctuation marks etc.], French etc.). Changing back to
English is the same; just choose the "default" UI and the required
dictionar(y/ies).
This all on Win XP Pro/SP2. I guess I could have different accounts
with a single copy of OOo installed but each account configured for a
different UI language. Another project!
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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