Myspell Dictionaries

[James Gray]

On Sunday 27 November 2005 10:20, L. Boggio wrote:
> Le 26/11/05, L. Boggio a dit :
> > I found the words I add in OOo dictionnary here :
> > /home/MyLogin/.openoffice.org2/user/wordbook/standard.dic
> >
> > Beware, it is a binary file....
>
> OK, one more point. I tried using kate to remove some words, I just
> succeeded in crashing OOo.
> 1st point : the file is written on the disk only when you close OOo
> 2nd point : I succeeded in removing words by using khexedit : the file
> format seems to be :
> ############ : Some strange chars, 11 for me.
> After, for each words in the dictionnary :
> 1 char seems to be random
> 1 '00'
> the word
> and once again for the next word : the random char, the 00, the word.
> To remove a plain word, you MUST remove the 3  'groups' : the random,
> the '00', the word.
> Like that, it seems to work OK, but don't forget to save the file
> before editing it.
>
> Good luck !

Yikes! Why put yourself through all that pain when the functionality is 
already built into OOo? :)

Tools -> Options, expand the "Language Settings" branch and click on the 
"Writing Aids".  VOILA!  You can now edit any of your personal dictionaries 
and the "always ignore" list.

HTH,

James
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