[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: OpenOffice question

[David Simmons]

Here's some info from the OO help:

Selecting the Document Language

The language you select for your document determines the dictionary used for
spellcheck, thesaurus and hyphenation, the decimal and thousands delimiter
used and the default currency format.

   -

   The language you select applies to the whole document.
   -

   Within the document, you can apply a separate language to any paragraph
   style. This has priority over the language of the whole document.
   -

   You can assign a language to selected pieces of text in a paragraph,
   either by direct formatting or with a character style. This assignment has
   priority over the paragraph style and document language.

Selecting a language for the whole document

   1.

   Choose *Tools - Options*. Go to *Language Settings -
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   .
   2.

   Under *Default languages for documents*, select the document language for
   all newly created documents. If you mark *For the current document only*,
   your choice will only apply to the current document. Close the dialog with
   *OK*.

Selecting a language for a Paragraph Style

   1.

   Place the cursor in the paragraph whose paragraph style you want to edit.
   2.

   Open the context menu and select *Edit Paragraph Style*. This opens
the *Paragraph
   Style* dialog.
   3.

   Select the *Font* tab.
   4.

   Select the *Language* and click *OK*.

   All paragraphs formatted with the current paragraph style will have the
   selected language.

Applying a language directly to selected text

   1.

   Select the text to which you want to apply a language.
   2.

   Choose *Format - Character*. This opens the *Character* dialog.
   3.

   Select the *Font* tab.
   4.

   Select the *Language* and click *OK*.

In OpenOffice.org Calc, choose *Format - Cells* and proceed accordingly.
Selecting a language for a Character Style

   1.

   Open the Styles and Formatting window and click on the *Character
Styles*icon.
   2.

   Click on the name of the character style to which you want to apply a
   different language.
   3.

   Then open the context menu in the Styles and Formatting window and select
   *Modify*. This opens the *Character Style* dialog.
   4.

   Select the *Font* tab.
   5.

   Select the *Language* and click *OK*.

   Now you can apply the character style to your selected text.


On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net>wrote:

> OpenOffice 2.2.1
>
> We have a need to copy and paste from the Internet, in particular French
> language text (obviously with accents and such), but OpenOffice looses the
> accented characters.
> I suspect that is a character set problem, but I am drawing a blank on what
> to look for and my searching isn't coming up with anything helpful so far
>
> Thanks
> Regards
> Fred James
>
>
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