Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Full Text Issue Listing |
Summary: | Cannot add hyphenated words to custom dictionary | ||
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Product: | Writer | Reporter: | stowrob <rob.stow> |
Component: | editing | Assignee: | AOO issues mailing list <issues> |
Status: | CONFIRMED --- | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | Trivial | ||
Priority: | P3 | CC: | issues, rbircher, steve.m.frank |
Version: | OOo 2.0 | Keywords: | oooqa |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Issue Type: | DEFECT | Latest Confirmation in: | --- |
Developer Difficulty: | --- |
Description
stowrob
2005-11-22 08:28:39 UTC
Reassigned to SBA Confirmed - Windows XP SP2, OOo 2.0.1. Cannot add a hyphenated word to the dictionary by right clicking on it. I think the underlying problem here is how OOo parses words for checking them in the dictionary. OOo seems to divide words at punctuation, including hyphens. Thus hyphenated words are treated as two words. @stowrob, To answer one of your questions, yes, there is a way to edit the dictionary from within OOo. Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Options." In the navigation list, select "Language Settings" -> "Writing Aids." In the center of the panel will be a list of dictionaries. You can turn them on or off, add new dictionaries, or edit existing dictionaries. Editing an existing dictionary will allow you to add words with hpyhens. BUT, adding a word with a hyphen still does not cause OOo to recognize the word. If I add "itsy-bitsy," for example, the spell checker still catches it as two words, rather than as a single word. Same with words like "Semper Fi." Expected Behavior: Custom Dictionary entries with spaces or hyphens should be consulted when determining if a word is misspelled. User should be able to add hyphenated misspelled words to the dictionary by selecting the entire word and rightclicking on it (or something similar). Off Topic: In my version (OOo 2.0.1), the "Help" button does display help about spellcheckers. If it doesn't on yours, file a seperate issue. :) Reassigned to TL tl->sba: Should be implicitly fixed because of the latest OOo 3.2 breakiterator change. Please check. Reassigne to the default contact. rbircher > sba feel free to reassigne to your self. This issue should be solved in a newer version like OOo 3.3 Maybe sameone can check it. |