[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] how many languages can LO support at the same time. . .

2014-01-27 Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmaster@krackedpress.com>

> The problem I have with "selling" LO to computer centers, both regular and
> ones that teach English as a second language, is how many languages can LO
> support at the same time.
>
> I am talking about two ways.  1 - usable dictionaries in the list.  2 -
> different languages you can change your menus to.
>
> The first one is the key for me.
>
> You have English, French, Spanish [3 regional versions], Italian, and 4 or
> 5 other different language dictionaries, installed and enabled, in the
> Extension Manager.  How many of those languages are usable to the user
> writing documents in English and one or two other languages at a time, then
> someone else sits down and tried to use his or hers language[s] with
> English.  So how many installed and enabled languages can be used at the
> same time?   I was told there was a very small limited number.
I can't vouch for the second point, but regarding available dictionaries,
here's my experience: I currently have ​​LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 installed
under Windows, with the default installation package. In the list of
available languages for dictionaries it give me a quite long list. Granted,
some are "variations" (like multiple "english" ones), but even then,
there's quite a few. I believe that all of them can be used without
restriction. At least there is none visible.
I wrote a small document with four paragraphs, in French, English, Deutsh
and Russian, and was able to set each paragraph to use the correct
dictionary with minimal effort:
<http://cjoint.com/?DABh5HY3AzL>
By moving the cursor from one line to another, you should see the language
change in the statusbar. There's multiple way to change the language for a
paragraph, but here's two that are quite fast and accessible:
- Click in the statusbar on the language portion, that will show you a
popup menu, you can then choose "set language for paragraph"
- In the "Tools" menu, go to "Language"

I think this should answer your first concern.

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