Are Khmer Unicode characters displaying incorrectly in OpenOffice? When you use a Khmer spelling checker do squares show up intermingled with Khmer script? The problem is the default GUI font does not contain all the characters of the Khmer Script.
1) To fix the display problem go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice .org>View and uncheck “Use system font for interface”.
2) Then go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice .org>Fonts and check “Apply replacement table”. Type “Andale Sans UI” in the box under “Font” (it isn’t in the list) and then select a font that contains a full Khmer character set under “Replace with” (we recommend using the Khmer SBBIC System font).
3) Click the green tick mark.
4) Then go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View and make sure that “Use system font for user interface” is NOT checked and click “OK”
Then (if needed) re-boot OpenOffice and it all should look great!
Also, if you see gray spaces between words (they are non-breaking spaces), just click on the “View” menu and choose “Field Shadings” to disable them (or Ctrl+F8).
តើ តួពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ ត្រូវបានបង្ហាញមិនបានត្រឹមត្រូវមែនទេនៅក្នុង OpenOffice របស់លោកអ្នក? នៅពេលដែលលោកអ្នកប្រើ ឧបករណ៍ពិនិត្យអក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធខ្មែរ ដើម្បីពិនិត្យអត្ថបទ តើ លោកអ្នក ឃើញមាន ប្រអប់ការេ បង្ហាញលាយជាមួយអក្សរខ្មែរ ទេ?
បញ្ហានេះបន្ទាលមកពីលក្ខណទូទៅរបស់ប្រភេទពុម្ពអក្សរ GUI (default GUI font)ដែលមិនមាននូវតួអក្សរខ្មែរគ្រប់ទាំងអស់។
១) ដើម្បីដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាការបង្ហាញអក្សរខ្មែរមិនបានត្រឹមត្រូវសូម ទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View រួចសូមដកសញ្ញាធីកដើម្បីមិនជ្រើសរើស នូវ “Use system font for interface”។
២) បន្ទាប់មកសូមទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>Fonts រួចគូសធីកសំរាប់ “Apply replacement table”។ វាយ “Andale Sans UI” ទៅក្នុងប្រអប់ខាងក្រោម “Font” (វាមិនស្ថិតក្នុងតារាងនោះទេ) ហើយបន្ទាប់មកជ្រើសរើស ប្រភេទអក្សរមួយដែលមានតួអក្សរខ្មែរមួយពេញលេញដែលត្រូវបានដាក់ខាងក្រោម “Replacement with” ( Khmer SBBIC System ល្អប្រើ)។
៣) សូមចុចលើ សញ្ញាធីកពណ៌បៃតង។
៤) បន្ទាប់មកសូមទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View ហើយសូមបញ្ជាក់ថា “Use system font for user interface” មិនត្រូវបានគូសធីកជ្រើសរើស រួចហើយសូមចុច “OK”។ រួចសូម re-boot OpenOffice (ប្រសិនជាចាំបាច់) ហើយអត្ថបទភាសាខ្មែររបស់លោកអ្នកនឹងមើលទៅប្រសើរជាងមុន។
ផងដែរនោះ បើសិនលោកអ្នកឃើញចន្លោះពណ៌ប្រផេះរវាងតួអក្សរសូម ចុច លើ “View” menu ហើយជ្រើសរើស “Field Shadings” ដើម្បីបំបាត់នូវចន្លោះទាំងនោះ(ឬក៏លោកអ្នកអាច ចុច Ctrl និង F8)។
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yes this helped greatly. Just a little annoying on this end.. looking at all those boxes between words..
Were you able to get rid of the boxes between words?
I am having a terrible time trying to use Khmer in open office. I think I did everything that you have suggested here, but I still get មោ instead of the way it should look. Do you have any suggestions about how to fix this? Many thanks.
Bob Headley
Hi Bob,
I hope I can be of some help. I don’t fully understand the problem you are having – as មោ rendered correctly on my computer. Can you type Khmer Unicode in other applications (like Notepad if you are in Windows)? Something else you can try in OpenOffice is enable CTL [Complex Text Layout] support (Tools->Options… and then click on the plus next to Language Settings and then click on Languages and click the enabled for complex layout checkbox. Then you can choose Khmer in the drop-down list next to CTL. Also, it might be a font issue, so make sure you are using a font like Khmer OS when you are typing. And once you enable CTL support (if it isn’t already) you can choose a default font for Khmer by going to Tools->Options->OpenOffice.org Writer and clicking on Basic Fonts (CTL) and choose a Khmer font that you would like to use as the default whenever Khmer is typed (I probably should add this part to the tutorial). Let me know if that works, and if not, we can explore other options. – Nathan
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m using Microsoft Office 2010 (English Version), I wonder that the Khmer Spelling Check work with Ms. Office or Not.
If not, when will it exist.
Thank you.
Sorry Vibol,
At this time we do not have a spelling checker that works with Microsoft Office – we hope to have one in the future, but I cannot say when it will be available.
hi i am nit i have a little problem pleas you help me,i want to download khmer unicode os but i can’t down load it