OpenOffice problem with Hebrew GUI

[Dotan Cohen]

On 16/06/06, Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il> wrote:
> I have upgraded to Dapper and installed all the Hebrew packages I could
> find (except the Gnome ones) and everything is working well :-) Except
> that is, OpenOffice.
>
> When the GUI of OpenOffice is in English there is no problems but if I
> change the 'User Interface' (Tools > Options > Languages) to Hebrew,
> then restart OpenOffice, all the Font fields are empty! There are other
> issues as well including the fact that if I go to change the 'User
> Interface' settings, everything is grayed out.
>
> I have to delete /home/nigel/.openoffice.org2 and restart OpenOffice
> again - and keep it in English :-(
>
> Anybody else experience this (in other languages as well) - is it just a
> Kubuntu bug or an OpenOffice one?
>
> Blessings,
>
> Nigel
>

It's a OOo issue. Not long ago, the Hebrew translation was
half-German. I'd recommend sticking with the English interface (great
way to improve our English) or to use Koffice. In fact, I'm so happy
with Koffice (fast startup, no lag) that it's all I use now. Unless
you need some real advanced features, then Koffice should be enough.
Note that some .doc files display better in OOo than in Koffice,
though.

Dotan Cohen
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