On Wednesday February 21 2007 12:29 pm, Kirsten Chevalier wrote:
> I'm editing a document that's an anthology of articles, some of
> which use British spelling, some of which use American spelling.
> Thus, for spellcheck, I'd really like to use a dictionary
> consisting of the union of the British English and the American
> English dictionary. Is this possible in OO.org 2.1? It looks like
> under Tools -> Spellcheck I'm forced to choose a single dictionary
> language. (I guess one workaround would be to use separate
> documents for each article, since the spelling is consistent within
> each article, and then combine them with a master document, but I'd
> prefer to avoid that.)
>
> Thanks,
> Kirsten
This can be done with styles in the Styles and Formating window.
You create one paragraph style for British English and another one
for American English.
To do this, use the F11 key to open the Styles and Formating
window. Make sure the Paragraph Styles icon is selected. (The list
below it will includes Heading, Heading 1, etc.) Right click Default
and select Modify from the context menu. Click the Font tab, and
select English(UK) as the Language from the drop down list. Click the
Organizer tab, and enter British English as the name of the new
style. Set the next style as British English. Click OK. Repeat this
process for your American English style. (Under the font tab, select
English(USA) as the Language. The next style in this case should be
American English.)
Highlight each article and select the appropriate paragraph style
for the type of English used in that article. Spell checking should
then work as you want.
Dan
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