Many thanks for the suggestions everyone. Installing Latin dictionary is so easy in OpenOffice, I sure hope Microsoft can get its act together someday.
jw
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Maxim Romanov romanov.maxim@gmail.comwrote:
Best regards, Maxim G. Romanov
PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies Department of Near Eastern Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Maxim Romanov romanov.maxim@gmail.comwrote:
Dear Jeffery,
Another alternative is to use virtualization software like Parallels http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/or VMware Fusionhttp://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html, which will allow you to run Windows programs from within Mac OS (Using BootCamp, you will have to reboot, so that is not very convenient and kind of defeats the purpose of switching to Mac). I was particularly impressed with VMware Fusion, since it fuses MacOS and Windows visually and you get the smoothest experience. With all that said, you will have to use the same Windows text editor as well.
Best regards, Maxim G. Romanov
PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies Department of Near Eastern Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Tony Harris < tony.harris@regents.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Jeffrey****
This is an MS Windows program and therefore it will not run under MacOS which is a different operating system and different architecture. Depending on your Mac (intel based plus enough memory) you may be able to install a version of Windows on it. For more details refer to Apple’s help notes on this at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986****
Once you have a running version of Windows you will be able to install the MSI. The important thing to realise is that you will either be running MacOS OR you will be running Windows.****
Hope this helps.****
Regards****
Tony Harris****
Kellogg College, Oxford****
*From:* dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca [mailto:dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey C. Witt *Sent:* 18 July 2012 15:26 *To:* dm-l@uleth.ca *Subject:* [dm-l] Getting Latin Spell Check for Word 2011 ON A MAC****
Dear Fellow Medievalist,****
Can anyone help me get a Latin Spell Checker installed for Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac. ****
I'm switching from a PC to a Mac. On my PC I had COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin installed and working fairly well ****
I've tried to recreate this on my Mac. ****
I've downloaded the newest release of COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin - Correttore Ortografico di Latino - Corrector Ortográfico de Latín from http://www.drouizig.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id...
However, the download is an .msi file, which is a windows file ext. So is it possible for me to get this working on mac? Has one else done this? Is there a better solution?****
Thanks for your help. ****
-- ****
Dr. Jeffrey C. Witt****
Philosophy Department****
Loyola University Maryland****
4501 N. Charles St.****
Baltimore, MD 21210****
www.jeffreycwitt.com****
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Dear Dr Witt,
You might also be interested to know that there is a way to install the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Latin dictionary system-wide in Mac OS X (i.e. in Mail, TextEdit, BBEdit, etc., though it doesn't apply to Word). Change the extension of the OpenOffice file to zip (it's actually an archive), uncompress it, and place the aff and dic files in Library/Spelling/. This works for any Hunspell dictionary. (For Latin, be sure to get either the 'universal' or 'classical' version, depending on what you want: see the read me within the archive.)
All best,
Andrew Dunning
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Jeffrey C. Witt jeffreycwitt@gmail.com wrote:
Many thanks for the suggestions everyone. Installing Latin dictionary is so easy in OpenOffice, I sure hope Microsoft can get its act together someday.
jw
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Maxim Romanov romanov.maxim@gmail.com wrote:
Best regards, Maxim G. Romanov
PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies Department of Near Eastern Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Maxim Romanov romanov.maxim@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Jeffery,
Another alternative is to use virtualization software like Parallels or VMware Fusion, which will allow you to run Windows programs from within Mac OS (Using BootCamp, you will have to reboot, so that is not very convenient and kind of defeats the purpose of switching to Mac). I was particularly impressed with VMware Fusion, since it fuses MacOS and Windows visually and you get the smoothest experience. With all that said, you will have to use the same Windows text editor as well.
Best regards, Maxim G. Romanov
PhD Candidate in Arabic & Islamic Studies Department of Near Eastern Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Tony Harris tony.harris@regents.ox.ac.uk wrote:
Hi Jeffrey
This is an MS Windows program and therefore it will not run under MacOS which is a different operating system and different architecture. Depending on your Mac (intel based plus enough memory) you may be able to install a version of Windows on it. For more details refer to Apple’s help notes on this at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986
Once you have a running version of Windows you will be able to install the MSI. The important thing to realise is that you will either be running MacOS OR you will be running Windows.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Tony Harris
Kellogg College, Oxford
From: dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca [mailto:dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca] On Behalf Of Jeffrey C. Witt Sent: 18 July 2012 15:26 To: dm-l@uleth.ca Subject: [dm-l] Getting Latin Spell Check for Word 2011 ON A MAC
Dear Fellow Medievalist,
Can anyone help me get a Latin Spell Checker installed for Microsoft Word 2011 on a Mac.
I'm switching from a PC to a Mac. On my PC I had COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin installed and working fairly well
I've tried to recreate this on my Mac.
I've downloaded the newest release of COL - Correcteur Orthographique de Latin - Correttore Ortografico di Latino - Corrector Ortográfico de Latín from http://www.drouizig.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id...
However, the download is an .msi file, which is a windows file ext. So is it possible for me to get this working on mac? Has one else done this? Is there a better solution?
Thanks for your help.
--
Dr. Jeffrey C. Witt
Philosophy Department
Loyola University Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
www.jeffreycwitt.com
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-- Dr. Jeffrey C. Witt Philosophy Department Loyola University Maryland 4501 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21210 www.jeffreycwitt.com
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On 18 Jul 2012, at 15:38 , Andrew Dunning wrote:
You might also be interested to know that there is a way to install the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Latin dictionary system-wide in Mac OS X (i.e. in Mail, TextEdit, BBEdit, etc., though it doesn't apply to Word). Change the extension of the OpenOffice file to zip (it's actually an archive), uncompress it, and place the aff and dic files in Library/Spelling/. This works for any Hunspell dictionary.
That's brilliant. In addition to Latin, I quickly found a (Modern) Icelandic one as well. :)
Cheers, Carl
-- Carl Edlund Anderson mailto:cea@carlaz.com mailto:carl.anderson@unisabana.edu.co http://unisabana.academia.edu/CarlAnderson http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/carl-edlund-anderson/ Department of Languages & Cultures University of La Sabana Chía, Colombia
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