Basic English for OpenOffice.org 3.0 Office Suite
Purpose:
This is a spell checking word list for use with OpenOffice.org Version 3.0 software as a Basic English spell checker, Hunspell. and English to Basic translator (using thesaurus feature)
- Open Office is a free Office Suite identical to StarOffice and similar to MS-Office Pro and runs on almost all computers and in many languages.
- Open Office is the free, open software, version of StarOffice.
- Read about OpenOffice at their website OpenOffice.org
- OOo has spreadsheets, multimedia presentations, drawing, database capabilities and all are include in the download, we are only interested in the Word Processing portion.
- All comes in one large download (145 MB) or by mail on a CD with only a copying and postage charge (these are harder to find now for 3.0).
- The wordlist should also work with any other software that uses MYSPELL or HunSpell for spell checking.
- Install OpenOffice.org from their instructions.
Test OpenOffice "Write" to assure that it is working properly.
OpenOffice has multiple language capabilities -- dozens.
You can set a language to use and you can change the language for any document or for a division within a document.
After you have OpenOffice working and you are comfortable with using it, then you will add Basic English as a language for OpenOffice.
Draft of Beta of 21Dec2008. All codes are valid on OOo in WinXP, and have been validated and tested.
| Name-version of Installer | size | OOo Dialect | Lang code | Mnomonic |
| basic-english-bible-0.1.0.oxt | 692 kb | Trinadad | en_TT | Trinity |
| basic-english-business-0.1.0.oxt | 692 k | Belize | en_BZ | Bizness |
| basic-english-engine-0.1.0.oxt | 693 k | Philippines | en_PH | Physic/matH/mecH/cHem |
| basic-english-media-0.1.0.oxt | 690 k | Jamaca | en_JM | Just Minimum |
| simple-english-tiny-0.1.0.oxt | 100 k | Zimbabwe | en_ZW | Zee Wiki |
All include core Basic 850, derivatives, International, compounds, measures, proper nouns. OOo hyphenation (US), and thesaurus. Media Basic has translation using the thesurus feature. Media contains science, verse, and business, not socialsci, not special work lists Business contains business and socialsci. Engineering contains science, math/mech, physics/chemistry, Business contains Trade and Commerce. Bible caintains Verse and Bible. Save for final changes in these assignments, I think these are ready for distribution. -- Luis
Notes of November
Download Basic English Installer (basic-english.oxt) from Basic English Institute's download page.
Windows users need only double click on the installer, basic-english.oxt . , Or,
Start OpenOffice.
From tool bar, Select "tools", then select "Extension Manager", then select "Add":
Then select Basic English.oxt from the recent download list.
Or, select the installer from wherever you downloaded it. (probably your "Desktop" or "MyDownloads")
Note that installers for other major languages are already there. These langauges are available for you to use (or remove). There are dozens of languages that may be installed by you.
Select Check for updates. {{{ This may be automatic.}}}
Close OpenOffice
Basic spell checking, and translation (using thesaurus feature) are now installed.
OOo has been told that the English language dialect of Belize is Basic English.
You will use English(
Exit OOo QuickStarter icon. (Just this once so that OOo will see the new files)
(Right click the OOo icon on the task tray on the lower right corner, and select "Exit QuickStarter".)
Start Open Office.
Set the options for Basic English (Belize) that you desire from the tool bar menus.
- (If new to OpenOffice, there are lots of options you can set. We are only interested in
those about the newly installed language.)
From the tool bar at the top of the page:
Select "Tools" ; select "Options" (at bottom of the drop down list)
Expand "Language Settings" by clicking on the [+]
- Select "Languages"
- Answer the questions.
- User interface Default
Local setting English (Belize)
Decimal separator [x] same as local
Default currency USD $ English (USA) or your preference
Continue and tell OpenOffice if you are primarily a Basic user or not.
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Default languages "(Your language)" or "English (Belize)"
- This is the language that OpenOffice will assumed is written.
You can change this as you desire for any document.
Note the option under this item where you can select
[ ] For the current document only.
- If left blank, Basic becomes your default language of New or
Open documents. If checked, then only the current document is
marked as Basic for whenever the document is opened again.
(Where it can be changed if you want.)
If checked, this document is marked as Basic and all other New
documents are assumed to be in your normal language.
- Languages can be applied to a selection or to all of the current document.
On the tool bar at the top of the page
Select "Tools", then select "Languages" (second line)
You can specify and change the language of any document. This may be to or from Basic (Belize) and the last change is remembered for the future.
About this Page: readinst.html -- Read me file for Basic English installation for OpenOffice.org 3.0 of spellcheck wordlist and translation dictionary using the thesaurus feature.
The One Step Installer was created by J. L. Rivera, MPhil, and will also become an OpenOffice.org extension available to the world. Luis has also created an installer for Simple English for OpenOffice which we will be testing shortly and make available to download. And, he has created Basic and Simple English spell checkers for Mozilla software -- Firefox browser and Thunderbird email,
Last updated : Dec 21, 2008 -- add several dialects of Basic. History :
- Nov 20, 2008 -- second draft
Nov 16, 2008 -- first draft