There is a hack to get spell checking to work in Windows Live Writer 2008 (aka WLW) for your language.
Locate C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\Dictionaries (<program files>\Windows Live\Writer\) that is the location for the release Beta 3 or later.
From what I have found you need the english version of WLW and you can find that one at http://g.live.com/1rebeta/en-us/WLInstaller.exe. It seems to not work if you have another language installed (if you find the trick add a comment below).
Rename ssceam.tlx to ssceam.old and ssceam2.clx to ssceam2.old.
Find your language file and download it. Rename the TLX file to ssceam.tlx and the CLX file to ssceam2.clx.
Here you can see how the spell checking works in Swedish. (Nu fungerar också rättstavning på svenska!)
To have this work you need to get the correct dictionary file
| Language | TLX file | CLX file | Download |
| English (American, USA) | ssceam.tlx | ssceam2.clx | here here TP |
| English (Australia) | ssceau.tlx | ssceau2.clx | here |
| English (British,United Kingdom) | sscebr.tlx | sscebr2.clx | here here TP |
| English (Canadian, Canada) | ssceca.tlx | ssceca2.clx | TP |
| Norwegian? | sscecb.tlx | sscecb2.clx | TP |
| Danish (Dansk,Danmark,Denmark) | ssceda.tlx | ssceda2.clx | TP |
| Dutch (Nederlands,Holland,Netherlands) | sscedu.tlx | sscedu2.clx | here here TP |
| Spanish? | sscees.tlx | sscees2.clx | here |
| French? | sscefc.tlx | sscefc2.clx | here |
| Finnish (Suomeski, Suomi, Finland) | sscefi.tlx | sscefi2.clx | here here TP |
| French (Français,La France) | sscefr.tlx | sscefr2.clx | here here TP |
| German (Deutsch,Deutschland,Germany) | sscege.tlx | sscege2.clx | here here |
| German (new spelling?) | sscegn.tlx | sscegn2.clx | TP |
| German (old spelling?) | sscego.tlx | sscego2.clx | TP |
| Italian (Italiano, Italiana, Italy) | ssceit.tlx | ssceit2.clx | here here TP |
| American Legal Terms | sscela.tlx | sscela2.clx | TP |
| British Legal Terms | sscelb.tlx | sscelb2.clx | TP |
| American Medical Terms | sscema.tlx | sscema2.clx | TP |
| British Medical Terms | sscemb.tlx | sscemb2.clx | TP |
| Norwegian (Bokmål,Norge,Norway) | sscenb.tlx | sscenb2.clx | see sscecb |
| Portuguese (Brazilian,Brasil,Brazil) | sscepb.tlx | sscepb2.clx | here TP |
| Portuguese (Iberian,Portuguesa,Portugal) | sscepo.tlx | sscepo2.clx | here TP |
| Spanish (Español,España,Spain) | sscesp.tlx | sscesp2.clx | here TP |
| Swedish (Svenska,Sverige,Sweden) | sscesw.tlx | sscesw2.clx | here here TP |
Most spelling dictionaries are also available at TP as a 4MB download. You need to run the installer and all files will end up at C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\Spelling
You might find that you need to use the little freeware I made in case your Windows is not set to english.
To download Windows Live Writer beta in other languages (28 languages so far supported):
Svenska http://get.live.com/sv-se/betas/writer_betas
French http://get.live.com/fr-fr/betas/writer_betas
French (Canada) http://get.live.com/fr-ca/betas/writer_betas
German http://get.live.com/de-de/betas/writer_betas
etc.
Find your locale ID and try if it works. Notice that check spelling might not work then.
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ReplyDeleteby Mario
Thanks a lot for sharing this hack. I was able to install the spanish dictionary but the special characters asre not showing right. Do you any way to fix this?
by JTB World
Not sure if the problem is with the dictionary or WLW. My suggestion is that you try to download the dictionary from another location.
I tried to install the Portuguese files, but i couldn't find these on Idiom Options of Windows Live Writer. What should i do?
ReplyDeleteYou may consider trying the latest beta that supports Portuguese.
ReplyDeleteNew WLW beta
While installing all these programs, it was very difficult to save in the respective folders. Before I installed the beta version, I execute all the tips that you recommended; although, I couldn't save the programs properly, so that i have deferents locations to TP program, which one of them is fill with spelling files; and the other with the portuguese spelling files that i downloaded in your blog. Now i can associated which one i should run with the beta version that i installed. Now I'm concerned about the locations and which program should i definitely run.
ReplyDeleteWith the newest beta there should be a dictionary in Portuguese. Other than that I suggest you contact Microsoft for help with this. There is a discussion group also for Windows Live Writer.
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