Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 98694
No longer able to define a custom dictionary path
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:34:48 UTC
When I started using OOo 2.0 on my Win XP Pro PCs three years ago I: -- set up a custom dictionary -- moved it to a shared directory to make it (and documents relying on it) accessible from all the PCs on my network -- then added the shared directory to the entry for: Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Paths > Custom Dictionaries However from OOo 2.4 onwards (tried 2.4 and 3) it appears that the Custom Dictionaries path setting has been removed. In other words I have to put my custom dictionary in the default local directory. Obviously this makes it much more inconvenient to share OOo documents on a network and I am wondering... 1) Why was the ability to specify custom dictionary directories (via the GUI) removed? (Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Paths > Custom Dictionaries) 2) Are there any plans to reinstate the ability to specify custom dictionary directories from within the OOo GUI? I certainly would appreciate this very much. 3) In the meantime, is there a simple way to make OOo 3 use my existing custom dictionary in addition to the other installed dictionaries? (eg by changing config files / registry, adding an extension...) Note my custom dictionary was created in OOo 2.0 and needs to be stored outside of the OOo directory structure so that I can share it with other PCs (my documents are going to be moved to a NAS server soon). Note - I use Win XP Pro SP2 logged in as Adminstrator. PS - This is the first time I have posted an issue and I have tried my best to adhere to the guidelines - searched to see if a similar issue has already been raised, tried to be as clear as possible in my explanation of the issue, etc. I apologies in advance though in case I have posted the issue incorrectly!
My mistake, the custom dictionaries path option in OOo 2.0 was actually: Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Paths > User-defined dictionaries (not Custom Dictionaries) Note that in OOo 2.0 one could only specify one user-defined dictionary path. It would be much more useful to be able to specify multiple paths (eg one local, one on a file server). I can see that in OOo 3 this is already possible for other path settings.
It is a valid request, to wish to be able to configure the wordbook path in the UI. Therefore I set it to "new". "Why" questions do not belong into the issue. Use the mailing lists and forums for questions, http://support.openoffice.org/. Some of your questions are answered in issue 80286 and issue 70333. A feature request should describe the feature itself and what general benefit such a feature has. It is a overall problem, which settings should be possible in the UI and which are only possible in the configuration files, and it is a overall problem, which settings are needed by everyone and which are only needed by power users and administrators. This should not be discussed in the issue itself, but in the ui-project http://ui.openoffice.org/ and the related ux-project http://ux.openoffice.org/. Currently you have to edit the Paths.xcu files to get the desired settings.
-> requirements: please have a look, thanks
*** Issue 113121 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Adding me to CC list.