Re: [OOo-Hebrew] OpenOffice 2.4 vs Hebrew OpenOffice 2.2

I'm not a Windows user, but since the Windows users are not responding, I'll 
try my best based on reports and rumors ;-).

On Sunday 27 April 2008, Moshe Goldstein wrote:
> I downloaded and installed the English version 2.4 and realized that
> there is a Hebrew version, but 2.2.
>
> (1) In order to use the Hebrew version, I need to uninstall the 2.4 and
> install the Hebrew v. 2.2, right?
>

A Hebrew version 2.3.1 was released, but nobody seems to have updated the home 
page. It's at ftp://ftp.openoffice.org.il/2.3.1/windows (that's a folder with 
several related files). I don't know about the need to uninstall 2.4, but 
that sounds like the safe way to go.

> (2) I have a new HP laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium - is there a
> special version of OpenOffice for Vista, or I can use the same version
> as that I install under XP?
>

The same version should work under Vista.

> (3) I want to have full bi-directional English-Hebrew support, but with
> all the menues in English. Is it possible, or the Hebrew version is
> fully Hebrew, including the menues, without the possibility of
> configuring the menues to be in English?
>

You can configure the Hebrew version to have English menus by installing an 
English language pack (you can find one next to the OOo installation in the 
FTP directory). This is probably your best option currently. 

Your other option is to install an English version of OOo and configure it to 
support Hebrew via Tools -> Options, and in the dialog, choose Language 
Settings -> Languages (Hebrew is considered a Complex Text Layout language). 
This option is inferior because the English OOo 2.3.1 has some Hebrew bugs 
that were fixed in the Hebrew version, and OOo 2.4.0 has a bug which turns 
some of the digits to Arabic (as in digits-used-in-Arabic) -- especially in 
Windows and/or imported Word documents. This bug is already fixed in the code 
under development, so the install-english-version-and-turn-on-Hebrew option 
will become superior when 2.4.1 is released, which is planned for June.

>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Moshe Goldstein

Moshe, please note that all of the above has been discussed in the list, and 
quite recently. You could have found all the answers yourself. I suspect this 
is the reason why many people on this list refrained from answering.

On behalf of your welcoming-to-open-source committee,

	Shai.

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