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Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?



On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:00:36 +0100, Lisi wrote:

> On Friday 01 April 2011 16:02:53 Camaleón wrote:

>> Well, if we attend to this notice:
>>
>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries
>>
>> "(...)	IMPORTANT NOTE: From OpenOffice.org 3.0 on the dictionary 
wizard
>> is no longer available -- All new dictionaries are now available via
>> the Extensions Repository."
>>
>> You may try the extension (as suggested) and check if that works:
>>
>> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Dict_it_IT

> And what about English English??  

"English English"? You mean "British English" (en-GB)? :-)

(...)

> English		English dictionaries with fixed dash handling and 
new ligature
> and phonetic suggestion support

(...)

> When is English English going to get a look in??  I work in OOo without
> a spell checker because I am so fed up with being told that honor is
> right and honour is wrong, fantasize is right and fantasise is wrong. 
> Etc.  And I like to use a spell checker because I am a lousy typist and
> an even worse proof-reader.

The above dictionary should do the job. It installs most of the English 
variations (UK included).
 
Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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