Readme for   toddlist.zip   version 0.s   October 20, 2002
    Files:
      readmetodd.txt  5KB
      toddlist.txt     49KB
    Purpose:
        This list is provided by Todd Mountjoy. He adapted it from the developer's spreadsheet: spellist.xls. This is an unauthorized, inefficient way to use OpenOffice.org software as a Basic English spell checker, but it worked. The intent is to be able to test the word lists and become familiar with use of the software. As Todd says when he made this available, "Someone else might instantly know what to do and make this available for the rest of us."
        Since then, a more proper OpenOffice.org spell checking wordlist has been created as en_BE.dic. Toddlist now serves as a text list of fairly clean version of the Basic English wordlist.
        See "Special" for the area and speciality extensions for: Business; Science, Biology, Geology, Math-Mech, Phys-Chem; and Verse-Bible.
    To Use:
        Go to folder:   (your path)/openoffice/user/wordbook/
      Make a backup copy of the originals en_US.dic
      Change the original filename from   en_US.dic   to en_US.ori.
      Copy the new files   toddlist.txt   into  (yourpath)/openoffice/user/wordbook/
      Change the name of   toddlist.txt   to en_US.dic.
      That is all there is.
    To Undo:
      Rename   en_US.dic   back to  toddlist.txt
      Rename   en_US.ori   back to   en_US.dic
    Details:
        The number at the top is the word count. This saves the system from having to do two passes thru the file. Therefore when you add your name and town to the list, you will want to increase the word count.
        The affix file, en_US.aff, is irrelevant, leave it alone.
        While working with the OOo wordlist (dictionary) for the letters, A-R, U-Z, several hundred more Basic English derivative forms were found and added to the developer's spreadsheet and to toddlist.txt. There may be 20 versions of this list before we get to a working copy in proper wordlist form.
    Future.
        Spell checking software often makes use of "affix" files and an algorithm to add prefix and suffix forms. The OpenOffice.org affix file currently has 22 affixes defined. Ogden's Basic English will make use of 9 of these. Ogden allows the use of -est for single syllable words, which might entail a 10th. Affix files have some idiosyncrasies; for example, re- is one of seven prefix options and is coded as option A. The word "read" is coded as ad/A.
    Notes about OOo.
        Download OpenOffice.org, its freeware, or order it as a CD from one of their partners. We paid $5.50 for a copy.
        Somebody owns the word "OfficeOffice" so the software must be called OpenOffice.org. Wonder what he story there is?
        OOo calls spell-checking word lists, a dictionary.
        They call a translation chart, a Thesaurus or synonym list.
        An OOo dictionary, .dic, file is a text file saved as with OpenOffice word processor as "text encoded", with LF, without CR. (It saves one carriage return per word, which is a lot.) Saving as a regular text file will work fine, in case you want to work with the list. Just be sure to rename to .dic before using.
        OpenOffice QuickStart must be "off" to recognize new dictionaries or affix files.
        This list is not approved by the OpenOffice.org project. After we get the words stabilized and in the proper form, it will be submitted for project consideration.
    Sample of file
    5389
A
a
ABC
able
abled
abler
ablers
abling
abortions
about
abouts
abridgement
abridgements
account
accountable
accounted
accounting
accounts
acid
acidly
across
act
acted
acting
actor
actors
acts
    About this Page: readmetodd.html -- A sequential list of Basic English words and derivatives.
    Also useful as a temporary spellcheck wordlist for OpenOffice.org.
    Last updated : October 20, 2002.
    URL:   http://www.basic-english.org/down/readmetodd.html