English Australian Dictionary

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Australian English

An Australian spell check English dictionary.

Australian place-names, flora and fauna, and common personal names and Australianisms and been added to British word lists. It also includes the US English thesaurus and the GB English hyphenation dictionary. It provides improved support for phonetic spelling corrections; for example 'triannosawus' will prompt the correct spelling 'tyrannosaurus'.

This version is for OOo 3.0.X. You do not need this for version OOo 3.1.X. This Australian spell check dictionary is included in the standard English dictionary package.
For OOo 2.3.x, 2.4.X Use the dictionary wizard via menu File->Wizards->Install new dictionaries.
Project Page http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Australian-English_Spelling_Dic...

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Operating System: System Independent
Compatible with: OpenOffice.org 3.0 | StarOffice 9 or higher.
Official release: 2008.12.15
Date: 2008-Dec-20
Size: 5.24 MB
License: opensource | Read license
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Problems interfering with other English dictionaries

Some people on Windows based systems have experienced a problem with a previous update of the 'English Australian Dictionary' version - 2008-11-20 (now removed). When checking for updates in the extension manager, it will replace the original English dictionary(s), yet still indicate that a English(US) or English(UK) dictionary is installed (which is why it may display spelling errors indications on every word).

To reinstall the original English dictionary(s) simply run the following file (location is for Win XP):

C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\extension\install\dict-en.oxt

Restart your OO after this (and don't forget to quit the quickstarter if you use that).

The now current 'English Australian Dictionary 2008-12-15' has not reported any problems.

David Wilson