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From: Jeffrey Needle on 22 Jan 2010 01:47 Yrrah wrote: > Martin Jay<martin(a)spam-free.org.uk>: > >> I've been using SoftMaker Office for a while and think it's excellent. >> It's small, very fast and runs from a USB stick. > > I agree. TextMaker is my default word processor and RTF editor, and I > rarely use OOo now. I have one rather serious problem though: how can > I turn off the automatic hyphenation? > > Yrrah > Interesting you should ask. In their next-version notes, they say this is a new feature, just not in the 2008 version. Too bad. I would like to turn it off, too.
From: Martin Jay on 22 Jan 2010 03:42 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:13:35 +0100, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote: >Martin Jay <martin(a)spam-free.org.uk>: >>I've been using SoftMaker Office for a while and think it's excellent. >>It's small, very fast and runs from a USB stick. >I agree. TextMaker is my default word processor and RTF editor, and I >rarely use OOo now. I have one rather serious problem though: how can >I turn off the automatic hyphenation? Format > Paragraph > set Hyphenation to None. I think it's set on per-document basis, so there's no way to turn it off by default. :( One work around is to save the setting to template and start a new document from that. -- Martin Jay Back the Ban: <http://www.backtheban.com/> League Against Cruel Sports: <http://www.league.org.uk/>
From: LouB on 22 Jan 2010 07:51 Yrrah wrote: > LouB <Lou(a)invalid.invalid>: > >> Works OK in English?? > > It comes with several localizations and dictionaries, including > English (UK and US). > > Yrrah > Installed fine last night. Thanks for the instructions
From: Jeffrey Needle on 22 Jan 2010 16:12 Yrrah wrote: > Jeffrey Needle<jeff.needle(a)gmail.com>: > >>> I have one rather serious problem though: how can >>> I turn off the automatic hyphenation? > >> Interesting you should ask. In their next-version notes, they say this >> is a new feature, just not in the 2008 version. > >> Too bad. I would like to turn it off, too. > > SO's origin is German. Hyphenation is important in written German and > a number of other European languages in which new words can me made by > combining two or more words and words can become very long. > > The only way to turn off the automatic hyphenation is by deleting or > renaming the hyphenation file (language.hyn) in the '\SoftMaker Office > 2008\spell\' folder. You get an error message "Unable to start > hyphenation....", and that's it. So I thought. > But then I thought of a next step. I created an empty text file > 'language.hyn' in the '\SoftMaker Office 2008\spell\' folder. That > seems to work, no error message anymore. ("language" = spell check > language). > > Yrrah > Thanks for the hint!
From: Martin Jay on 22 Jan 2010 16:43
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:16:09 +0100, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote: >Martin Jay <martin(a)spam-free.org.uk>: >>Format > Paragraph > set Hyphenation to None. >I know, but that's on a per-paragraph basis afaik. >> One work around is to save the setting to template and start a new >> document from that. >Yes, but that's not the way I like to work. >See also Jeffrey's reply. Ah, yes. I use the spreadsheet far more than the wordprocessor and hadn't noticed the automatic hyphenation issue. I guess you'll have to wait another two years for Softmaker Office 2012 to appear and hope the 2010 version is offered free. :) :) :) Wondering off the freeware topic... Ashampoo do eventually offer their stuff at 'giveaway' prices if you register with them and show an interest. -- Martin Jay Back the Ban: <http://www.backtheban.com/> League Against Cruel Sports: <http://www.league.org.uk/> |