On Thursday 11 January 2007 07:50, + simon mannering wrote:
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> I have been looking for a Word processing program similar to MS word,
> but having tried a few I find that the spell check will not operate in
> English on my PC. I believe this is because my OS is the German language
> version of XP Home, and everything defaults into this language. Would
> the English version of OpenOffice have these problems also?
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On Friday 12 January 2007 08:51, Harold Fuchs wrote:
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> If you install one or more English dictionaries (there are at least two: UK
> and US which are very different) and tell OpenOffice to use one of them as
> the default language then it will spell check in that language. The same is
> true of French or Italian or ... It has nothing to do with the language of
> the OS. You can create a "template" for each language and select the
> appropriate one for each new document.
>
> You can also write multi-lingual documents by setting up "styles" for each
> language. OpenOffice will spellcheck each paragraph in its own language. of
> course, you need the relevant dictionaries installed
>
> A few differences between US and UK English:
> UK US
> Aluminium Aluminum
> Colour Color
> Defence Defense
> Licence License (when used as a noun.UK uses
> "license" when it's a verb)
> Organisation Organization
> Theatre Theater
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