Thanks to Soben for the tip.įigure 1 – Enable Khmer spell checker in Writerįigure 2 – Example of Khmer spell checker in action

Then from the CTL dropdown box, select “Khmer”.

Under the “Enhanced language support” section, check the box “Enable for complex text layout (CTL)”.

Click on the + sign in front of Language Settings to expand it, then click on “Languages”.

We need to change some settings in OpenOffice program itself too. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and add: DICT km KH km_KH DICT km KH km_KH The above directory could be slighty different from one system to another.Īs a root, use your favorite text editor to edit `dictionary.lst’ file, I’m using vim: # vim /etc/openoffice/dictionary.lst Unzip it: $ unzip Khmer_Spellchecker_v1.0.zipĬhange to that directory: $ cd Khmer Spellchecker v1.0/Ĭopy two files: km_KH.aff km_KH.dic to OOo’s dict directory: # cp km_* /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo Here is the instruction for installing KSC on Debian (Lenny) system.

Finally, the amazing team from KhmerOS has realeased the Khmer Spell Checker (KSC) for OpenOffice.

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