Re: AW: Help on Spell-Checking

Renaux, Thierry wrote:

>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 ?
>
>
The font rendering problems in 2.4 are known, and they are being worked
on. The other issues you mention, please file bugs on at
http://bugzilla.abisource.com If you find any more problems, please
file bugs there.

Thanks!

Ryan

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>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
>
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>Renaux, Thierry wrote:
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>>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
>>
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>not
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>>find this file on my system !
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>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.
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>
>
>>It is also impossible to specify the dictionary location from the
>>
>>
>Preference
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>
>>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.
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>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 15:59:39 2005