On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:02 PM, David Lowe wrote: > how am i to install it?
If you are using OOo 3.0, you have to learn to program in half a dozen languages, to install your dictionary. This is because it was deemed that dictionary.lst was "too difficult to hand edit." If you are using OOo 2.4, or lower: * Find a file called dictionary.lst; # This should either be in a directory that is off of the main program directory, or in a directory that is part of the OOo user directory. * Put your dictionary into that folder; # There should be several other files in that folder, with extensions of ".aff", ".dct", ".idx", and ".dat". * Copy dictionary.lst to dictionary.current_date; # This is so you have a good backup copy; * Edit dictionary.lst with a _text_ editor. Do not use OOo. # My preference is to use pico on Linux, and NotePad2 on Windows. I don't have a usable Mac. (Specifically, my monitor does not work with my Mac, and I am not going to pay US$2K for a used monitor that does work with it.) * At the bottom of the document, add the following: DICT en US chemistry * Save the file; # I am assuming that the dictionary is in English, for use with US English. I am also assuming that the filename of the dictionary is "chemistry.dct"; # The first field is what the file is for: DICT: dictionary; HYPH: hyphenation rules; THES: thesaurus; # The second field is the ISO 2-letter language code; # The third field is the ISO 2-letter country code; # The fourth field is the name of the file, sans extension ## OOo will recognize some options to the ISO 2-letter country code, but I don't have them memorized. The most significant one is "any"; ### OOo may recognize some ISO 3-letter language codes and country codes. Use them at your own risk; > I didn't find anything like this in the help, nor through a web search. It is covered in the documentation on creating multi-lingual documents using OOo. I may get around to updating that document, one of these days. xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
