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how can i use the thesaurus?

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i want to find synonyms of the word "stupendous." i need to know where to locate it. the thesaurus under the tools does not seem to be working.

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

In Writer, go to "Tools", "Options", "Language Settings", "Writing Aids". Under "Available Language Modules", put a tick into the box next to "OpenOffice.org New Thesaurus".

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mayan (mayan-molina) said : 		#2

thank you. i did all the instructions you gave, then i went back to open office hoping that i could now find the new thesaurus. i tried to locate it under "tools" still but it's all the same. my problem is not yet solved. what should i have done?

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Best Thien Pham (thiengom) said : 		#3

HI,
In OO Writer, navigate TOOL - LANGUAGE - THESAURUS (You can change the language to English (USA) or something else that you like).
I've done with the OO 3.0 and found the synonym of the word "stupendous" is "prodigious".
Note: you can use the Ctrl + F7 for short-cut.
Hope this can help you
Regards,

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Thien Pham (thiengom) said : 		#4

Alternately, you can refer this link for the OO thesaurus http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Using_the_thesaurus

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#5

In Writer, Tools, Options, Language settings, Languages, where it says "Default Language for Documents" which Language module are you using? Is there a tick and the letters ABC in front of it?

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mayan (mayan-molina) said : 		#6

thanks! i changed the language to English (USA); that solved the problem.

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mayan (mayan-molina) said : 		#7

i've got another problem. i want to save my file as "windows" because i can't open it in another computer with windows application. how do i do it?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

Why you don't install OpenOffice also into your Windows computer...
http://www.openoffice.org/ to keep your document into the OpenDocument format http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

By the way you can also save them into proprietary .doc format using OpenOffice.

To get best document font compatibility also install the msttcorefonts Ubuntu package... on your Ubuntu.

To install this fonts please open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(when the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

Hope this helps