On Tuesday 01 May 2007 04:31:07 pm M Henri Day wrote: > I activated the OOo 2.2 spellchecker for English (UK), and also got that > wavy red line for the term «metrology». But after right-clicking the word > and clicking «add», I was then able to compose the following sentence > without receiving an error message : «Metrology is not quite the same thing > as meteorology» (now that is what I call deathless prose !). In any event > Mr Goodman is advised to do the same, in order to add the term to his own > OOo dictionary.... > > Henri > > 2007/5/1, Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > M Henri Day wrote: > > > Does the OOo spell checker really change the orthography of incoming > > > documents ? Sounds a bit far-fetched to me. Entering a word like > > > «metrology» > > > in a document in Writer will, as Mr Goodman has seen, give rise to a > > > query > > > if the the dictionary is enabled and the word entered is not listed > > > therein, > > > and some editing programmes do allow automatic orthographical changes > > > in documents being written, i e, «teh» --> «the» (is this the case for > > > Writer > > > in OOo 2.2 ?), but do they go so far as to change them in downloaded > > > documents without asking first ?... > > > > > > By the way, I agree with Mr Goodman : by all means do include > > > «metrology» in > > > the English-language dictionary for OOo ?... > > > > > > Henri > > > > > > 2007/4/30, goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Please add the word "metrology" (the science that deals with > > >> measurement) > > >> to your spell checker. I recently downloaded a list of Nobel Prize > > >> laureates that someone had compiled and found Albert Michelson listed > > >> for > > >> "precision meteorology." I chuckled at this and mentioned the error > > >> at a > > >> celebration of the 100th anniversary of Michelson's Nobel Prize. I > > >> thought > > >> this was simply a case of careless editing by the list compiler, but > > >> one of > > >> my colleagues suggested that "metrology" might have been changed by a > > >> spell-checker. I discounted this theory at first but I entered > > >> "metrology," > > >> in OpenOffice 2.0 and sure enough it got the red underline! The " > > >> montrose.net" spell checker has it right, by the way. > > >> > > >> "Michelson didn't invent doppler radar 100 years ago!" > > >> > > >> Charles Goodman > > >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> phone: (510) 548- 8860 > > > > For what it's worth, I just checked this with OOo 2.2, US English > > dictionary. It does indeed show "metrology" as not in the dictionary. > > However, it does not suggest meteorology as a replacement. And it is > > definitely not in the replacement table (where "teh" is automatically > > replaced with "the" for example). > > > > So we can't blame someone coming up with meteorology for Albert > > Michelson's field of specialization on OOo's spell check at least!
My question to this then would be about the limit of words in the custom dictionary. At one time someone on the list ran into that limit with Legal Terms, and Medical Terms. Is there still a limit with 2.2 on the number of words in a custom dictionary, and if so, how would they go about adding medical and/or legal terms to the standard dictionary? -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
