James: This may be the only way to keep your changes. It is not recommended to overwrite the dictionary files as you might loose updates in newer versions but I don't know of any other way to do what you want to do.
James McKenzie -----Original Message----- >From: James Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 11, 2007 4:27 PM >To: Users at Open Office <[email protected]> >Subject: [users] Just checking - re Dict.? > >Whenever I upgrade to the latest version of OOo I install the Australian >Dictionary. In the interests of doing this quickly, and because I have >added many words to my Australian Dictionary over the years and do not want >to start off with a fresh copy, this is the way I do it (in Windows XP) ... > >Once the new version of OOo is installed, I copy my existing dictionary list >file and the three *.au files into the ... /share/dict/ooo folder, answering >"yes" when it asks if I want to over-write the dictionary.lst file. > >I then fire up OOo and go into Tools/Options/Language settings, to set my >spell checker and locale to "Australian" > >MY QUESTION >Is this the best way to do it? > >I am always concerned that one day a new version of dictionary.lst, or other >files in the ooo folder, will change and I will be copying old files over >new formats. > >A little worry only, but I would appreciate your comments. > >Many thanks, James > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
