Issue 87255

Summary:	Simple and easy to use language switcher
Product:	General	Reporter:	marek_matulka <marek>
Component:	ui	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	d.kaufmann, elish, issues, martin
Version:	OOo 2.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux, all
See Also:	https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121808
Issue Type:	FEATURE	Latest Confirmation in:	4.1.0-dev
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description marek_matulka 2008-03-19 16:29:15 UTC

On daily basis I need to write documents in two different languages, so using
OpenOffice is currently... a real pain.

Can we have simple language switcher for all document? or multiple sets of settings?

my current solution is to log off, change locale and login back. It does help,
but is not intuitive and time consuming. Would be great to have an easy way to
switch languages.

Thanks.

Comment 1 marek_matulka 2008-03-19 16:35:28 UTC

Calc example:

default settings for my gnome session are: English (UK)

I create a new spreadsheet, select all cells, right click and select "Format
cells..." on the very first tab I select Language: Polish.

now I type polish word into the cell... and it's underlined, because spell
checker surprisingly assumes, it's written in English (UK). Very intuitive.

Comment 2 marek_matulka 2008-03-19 16:52:31 UTC

I think, the best would be solution similar to "Set language" from Abiword:

simple list with languages to choose from and checkbox "make this language
default for this document". Or something similar.

Thanks,
Marek

Comment 3 Edwin Sharp 2014-01-26 19:51:13 UTC

Tools - Language - For Selection - More... should bring list of languages to select from and not Character dialog window.

AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1557669
2014-01-14_04:11:13 - Rev. 1557927
Debian

Comment 4 Edwin Sharp 2014-01-29 13:13:48 UTC

*** Issue 91191 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Comment 5 Edwin Sharp 2014-02-04 19:21:40 UTC

*** Issue 118336 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Comment 6 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2014-04-04 07:18:06 UTC

(In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #3)
> Tools - Language - For Selection - More... should bring list of languages to
> select from and not Character dialog window.
> 
> AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1557669
> 2014-01-14_04:11:13 - Rev. 1557927
> Debian

'More...' could also be changed into a sub menu containing all languages.

BTW, the menus of Tools - Language are also available in the status bar.

Comment 7 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2014-04-04 07:18:41 UTC

(In reply to Oliver-Rainer Wittmann from comment #6)
> (In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #3)
> > Tools - Language - For Selection - More... should bring list of languages to
> > select from and not Character dialog window.
> > 
> > AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1557669
> > 2014-01-14_04:11:13 - Rev. 1557927
> > Debian
> 
> 'More...' could also be changed into a sub menu containing all languages.
This would save the user another dialog which need to be closed.

> 
> BTW, the menus of Tools - Language are also available in the status bar.

Comment 8 Edwin Sharp 2014-04-04 07:37:46 UTC

(In reply to Oliver-Rainer Wittmann from comment #7)
> This would save the user another dialog which need to be closed.
Good idea! Less is more...