Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 87255
Simple and easy to use language switcher
Last modified: 2014-04-04 07:37:46 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.
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.
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
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
*** Issue 91191 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 118336 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
(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.
(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.
(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...