Shalom. I bought a laptop with Vista home premium, downloaded Hebrew OpenOffice but could not install. Is there a compatibility problem with Vista? Thank You! -- Hebrew OpenOffice Mailing List hebrew <at> openoffice.org.il To unsubscribe see: http://openoffice.org.il/mailman/listinfo/hebrew __________ NOD32 3032 (20080416) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

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?

(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?

(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?

Thanks.

-- Moshe Goldstein

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.