Summary: | en-GB offline help is not shown under en-GB locale, because LO starts with en-US instead of en-GB | ||
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Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | johnalovely |
Component: | Installation | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | medium | CC: | jeff, sirands, thumperward, timar74, tvkleef, werner.bruhin |
Version: | 3.3.3 release | ||
Hardware: | Other | ||
OS: | Windows (All) | ||
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Description
johnalovely
2011-07-18 03:03:19 UTC
I can confirm that this is a bug with the install process on Windows on a UK locale setup. It also applies to version 3.4.3 On Windows (tested on Vista), with a locale of UK. Install LO and the GB helppack into default locations. The LO install sets the User interface to English (USA). This prevents the offline GB help file from being used. The workaround is. Load LO and goto Tools/options/Language settings/Languages change the User interface from English (USA) to Default - English (UK) check that the locale is also set to Deafult - English (UK) close LO and reopen F1 will now load the offline GB help files previously installed. Wrt BrianH's comment, the workaround also works in Windows XP on LO 3.3, however it is only necessary to change the User interface from English (USA) to Default - English (UK) The locale does not need to be changed and may be left as appropriate - in my case Default - Australian (AU) Changed category to Installation. It has to be tested with the new LibO 3.5 MSI installers. I.e. check what happens when the user installs LibreOffice to an en-GB Windows. It should not fallback to en-US. Since all new unconfirmed bugs start in state UNCONFIRMED now and old unconfirmed bugs were moved to NEEDINFO with a explanatory comment, all bugs promoted above those bug states to NEW and later are automatically confirmed making the CONFIRMED whiteboard status redundant. Thus it will be removed. The same problem with installation of en-GB - English (GB)help file remains with 3.5. The LO installer defaults the locale to English (USA) which fails to pick up the GB help pack. The work around described is successful. Operating system Windows Vista SP1 *** Bug 50606 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** This bug has been around for a year and is still causing a lot of grief to non-US users. See one popular topic at AskLibO http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/1630/why-does-f1-still-take-me-to-the-web-after/ *** Bug 60863 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 63637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 68722 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** |
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