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

Moshe Goldstein <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:18:53 +0300
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Shai, shalom.


Thank you very much for your help.


Next time I will look for answers in the list archive. Actually, I sent 
my questions to the list because I did not find a search function in the 
list archive, in order to look for answers to those questions.


-- Moshe



Shai Berger wrote:

> 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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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Shai, shalom.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Thank you very much for
your help.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Next time I will look
for answers in the list archive. Actually, I sent my questions to the
list because I did not find a search function in the list archive, in
order to look for answers to those questions. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">-- Moshe<br>
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Shai Berger wrote:<br>
</p>
<blockquote cite="[email protected]" type="cite">
  <pre wrap="">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:
  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">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?

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
A Hebrew version 2.3.1 was released, but nobody seems to have updated the home 
page. It's at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.openoffice.org.il/2.3.1/windows">ftp://ftp.openoffice.org.il/2.3.1/windows</a> (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.

  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">(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?

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
The same version should work under Vista.

  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">(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?

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
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 -&gt; Options, and in the dialog, choose Language 
Settings -&gt; 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.

  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">Thanks.

-- Moshe Goldstein
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
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.
  </pre>
</blockquote>
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