Dave--Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I have just loaded the spellchecker you mentioned. We shall see. I am not very savy on this stuff. B
-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 9, 2008 3:58 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: Barbara Jewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] question re spell check > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >- -------- Original Message -------- >From: Barbara Jewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun 06 Jan 2008 12:53:17 EST > >| Does writer interface with Outlook Express so that spell check works >| for email? We need spell check for our email. thx. B > >I see this question asked many times and I am puzzled why people think >that OOo (OpenOffice.org) should provide spell checking facilities for >any Microsoft software. OOo is available for many Operating System (eg. >Linux, Mac, Solaris, Windows, etc.), so a Windows only spell checker >would be worthless for other systems. > >The short answer to your question is, no. However, I would strongly >recommend that you upgrade to a superior email client. One such program >is Mozilla Thunderbird, which is also FOSS (Free Open Source Software) >and can be downloaded form http://en.www.mozilla.com/en/thunderbird >Thunderbird has it's own inbuilt spell checker and has the ability to >use the OOo dictionaries. It can import from Outlook express, plus it is >highly configurable with many extensions/plug-ins/add-ons. One extension >called "Lightning" provides a calender facility and OOo is working with >the developers of this extension to provide closer interaction with OOo. > >If you wish to persist with Outlook Express there are a number of spell >checkers available. You may find the following useful: >http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo > >Hope this helps. > >Dave >- -- >This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org >All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. >If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the >replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. >You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this >list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection >For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html >For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html >For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFHhV+i7asJm/pW/p8RAgtDAJ0aHHxJxaE55y7QcWrvHh1PxXWj7ACdFho3 >Bz0ZwxFyOUSmEOLksXbPuQo= >=KYwK >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Barbara Jewll --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
