<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Donn, follow on from previous query re OOO spellcheck your knowledge please. I have come up with a reference (a new set of dictionaries) from the people who sold me the Kbuntu distribution. The instructions seem to leave a few steps out (my questions in brackets) and you are right, this seems to be a bug that no one has picked up on; what should be done about that? The suggested solution: <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.3 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <a name="OpenOffice.org_"></a>OpenOffice.org <a name="Australian_English_dictionary_"></a>Australian English dictionary <a name="Full_version_"></a>Full version Right click on the following link and save the full version of the dictionary files. <a href="http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/en_AU_V2.2.0.zip">en_AU_V2.2.0.zip</a> (right click didn't work, left click and save to desktop - is this OK) <a name="Kelvin_version_"></a>Kelvin version (Our preferred dictionary.) Right click on the following link and save our preferred spelling dictionary files. <a href="http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/kelvin_en_AU_V2.2.0.zip">kelvin_en_AU_V2.2.0.zip</a> <a name="Australian_English_Hyphenation_file_"></a>Australian English Hyphenation file This version of the hyphenation file corrects an error. Right click on the following link and save the hyphenation file. <a href="http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/hyph_en_AU.dic">hyph_en_AU.dic</a> (this one was different, it downloaded a file starts with an ISO No. already unpacked?) <a name="Australian_English_Thesaurus_file_"></a>Australian English Thesaurus file We have made a first pass of the Thesaurus file and removed numerous obvious entries which are generally not considered the way to spell the word in Australia. For example the word "color" has been removed. Right click on the following link and save the Thesaurus file. <a href="http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/th_en_AU_2.2.1.zip">th_en_AU_2.2.1.zip</a> (Download as for Dict) The file names within the zip file is kept is v2 in keeping with the file naming standards introduced with OpenOffice.org V2.x. File release date: 9 December 2006 NOTE: Version 2.2.1 fixes an error reported by Scott Steele. Thanks. <a name="Australian_English_Dictionary.lst_file_"></a> Australian English Dictionary.lst file The dictionary.lst file is the file which lets OpenOffice.org know which language files to use. The following file is set up to work with all the above language files. You should review this file to see that it meets your needs. If you wish to use additional languages to Australian English you should manually modify the dictionary.lst file to meet your needs. Right click on the following link and save the dictionary.lst file. <a href="http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/dictionary.lst">dictionary.lst</a> NOTE: One person has reported this file downloading as "dictionary.lst.txt". If this happens rename the file back to "dictionary.lst". NOTE: Thanks to Tauroka for advising that Linux/Unix/BSD are sensitive to a final carriage return at the end of files. For Linux/Unix/BSD a final carriage return needs to be added to the dictionary.lst file. <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.3 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <a name="How_to_install_Australian_English_Dictionary_for_OpenOffice.org_in_Ubuntu"></a>How to install Australian English Dictionary for OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu Download Dictionary files from this page. Unzip the downloaded dictionary files If you're using Ubuntu (Gnome), press Alt-F2 and type gksudo nautilus If you're using Kubuntu (KDE), press Alt-F2 and type kdesu konqueror (this doesn't work but I can open a terminal if this is what is needed ?) If you're using Xubuntu (XFCE), press Alt-F2 and type gksudo thunar Go to (do I do this in command line ?? if so where do I get command line instructions) /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo Find the file dictionary.lst rename it to dictionary.lstold This will allow you to get it back if you need to drag the unzipped dictionary files into /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo (this suggests that it is done in windows, is that possible / ok) Close the window and restart OpenOffice.org. You will now have Australian English as your default dictionary The Ubuntu instructions were provided by Gareth Humphreys. Thank you for taking the time to contribute the instructions for the benefit of others. (I am a little suspicious that this will still have the same problem if the bug is due to the combination of options selected on start-up which I am fairly sure is the case) You did ask that I keep you posted on any progress with this issue and your comment and advice is still much needed. Cheers, Clark. <blockquote cite="mid:200712310552.lBV5q4e1019370@mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> I hope you enjoy the fun and free world of Kubuntu, come back any time to ask for help! \d -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>