Re: Openoffice.org spell checking

[Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net>]

Alan Ianson wrote:
> I can't seem to get spell checking working in Openoffice. It used to
> work in sarge's ooo 1.3 (I think). Looking through aptitude I only
> see a few foreign languages under hunspell so I don't think that will
> work for me.
>
> How can I get English (Canada) or (USA) working with Ooo 2+?

Use the myspell-en-gb package for spelling.  Use the
openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-a for the thesaurus (I'm assuming you want
Canadian spellings; so, the Great Britain spelling dictionary and the
Australian thesaurus that I've listed here should work.)

Mark