AW: Help on Spell-Checking

First of all, Thanks to all of you for your hints.

My problem was that I had no template file because there is no proper
installation under MacOSX, just a drag and drop.
It would be great, for new users, to have several templates included in the
.dmg file and a quick-startup guide.
All default values are fine now : page size, spell-check language, margins,
font, etc...

Nevertheless, I encounter some unstability in AbiWord. When I write back a
document, it sometimes happens that the page size reverts to a stupid
setting (not even a standard dimension!). The only way to set it correct
again is to open the file in a text editor and change it as we do for
templates. Excellent thing that the files are pure ascii !
I have tried to use AbiWord 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 but I very quickly returned to
2.2. I get really ugly displays and prints in 2.4.x, the characters are
collapsing or very far away from each other, making the text hardly
readable.

Has anyonelse come across these problems ?

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Von: Ryan Pavlik [mailto:abiryan@ryand.net]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2005 15:47
An: Renaux, Thierry
Cc: 'abiword-user@abisource.com'
Betreff: Re: Help on Spell-Checking

Renaux, Thierry wrote:

>I am new to Abiword and using ABIWORD 2.2.9 under MacOSX 10.3.9. So far, so
>good, works really fine.
>I have downloaded the French dictionary (linked in ABIWORD. Got 2 files :
>french.hash and french.something)
>I would like to know where to place these files in order to perform french
>spell-checking.
>Documentation says to place these files aside american.hash, but I could
not
>find this file on my system !
>
>
AbiWord should use your AppleSpell dictionaries and the french
dictionaries should not be necessary. You can use "Set Language" under
the Tools menu with your document selected in order to set it for French
spell checking.

>It is also impossible to specify the dictionary location from the
Preference
>Menu, buttons cannot be activated.
>Also a problem with the paper size.
>Abiword seems to be unable to remember my settings and I have to set the
>paper size each and every time I open my documents.
>
>

You will need to edit your normal.abt - search the list archives for
information how to do this. I do not use a Mac, so I do not know where
the normal.abt should be placed on that system.

Hope this helps!

Ryan
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Received on Mon Oct 17 10:50:58 2005