On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:04, Guy Voets wrote: > 2007/3/3, utupoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks for replying. It starts downloading OK and then rapidly completes > > the > > process with a message that it has failed or is corrupted. Matemwe School > > teachers have a computer and they lack English skills. This version would > > really help them, so I would be most grateful for your advice or > > different link.
You might want to look at the native language efforts of OOo at http://native-lang.openoffice.org/ and especially contact the overall lead Charles H Schultz, whose e-mail address is on that page. There is also a mailing list of native language projects found at http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList > > > > Tim Boswell > > > > <snip> > > Hello Tim > > I think the OOo community would be very happy to help Matemwe School. > Maybe other people on the list here know how to help you out. > What we certainly need to know is what type of computers you have there, > and with what operating system (Linux, Windows, Mac...). You might take a > look at the system requirements ( > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_20.html) > > I suspect the swahili version hasn't got too much attention lately, but as > I said, there are always Release Candidates of each version of OOo made > with a whole bunch of different (interface) languages, amongst them > swahili. Many of these RC's aren't judged to be stable and reliable enough > to become official releases, but nevertheless function quite good. > An option might be to install a stable english version on one computer, and > swahili versions on the others (preferably of the same version of OOo - > version 2.2 is on the point of getting released..., but an older version, > 2.0, 2.1 or even a good 1.x release will probably enough for the school's > needs). > > Hope other volunteers on this list jump in to help... -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
