On 06/20/2007 04:57 PM, Russell Butler wrote: > Robin Eason wrote: >> I downloaded open office and I've been using Microsoft word for a few >> years. I do transcription for two doctor's offices and I have >> downloaded two different spell-checkers for medical transcription on my >> home computer. When using open office for the first time yesterday the >> spell checkers did not work in open office. Is there a way I can get >> that to happen? >> >> Please email me at my home email if you can: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Robin >> >> > Hi Robin > > At present there is no medical dictionary available for OpenOffice.org > and I know of no commercial dictionary which will work with OOo.
Umm... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=openoffice+%2Bmedical+dictionary > Some colleagues and I are in the process of developing one - > non-commercial, of course. At this stage it is for Australian English, > but a rough conversion to US (I presume) usage is not difficult with a > search and replace. I can let you have a copy of our list, it is about > 5500 words at this stage. > > Have a look at http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/ > In particular > http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/#Convert_custom_dictionary_to_a_list_of_words_ > may be helpful. > > I hope this helps a bit. We are looking for volunteers to help us > collect words, if you could assist there, it would be great. > > Regards > > Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
