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The UK dictionary should be installed as the package
myspell-en-gb. Previously to install the English (UK)
dictionary one had to:
$ wget https://dict.progbits.com/en_GB.zip
$ cd /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo
$ sudo unzip ~/en_GB.zip
$ chmod u=rw,go=r *en_GB*
$ sudo zile dictionary.lst
DICT en GB en_GB
$
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Then in openoffice enable the GB dictionary and disable the US
dictionary. Go to Tools Options. Language
SettingsWriting AidsEdit. Turn off US
spelling (keep US hyphenation) and then English UK and turn on
spelling (and US hyphenation). Then in Language
SettingsLanguages choose English UK.
The thesaurus with the GB dictionary does not exist. There is a US
thesaurus though. To make it available under GB add the following
line to the end of /usr/share/myspell/dicts/dictionary.lst:
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