Re: Ialina spelling check

[Alexandro Colorado]

Hi Rosanne please make sure you got your spelling and grammar activated
Tools -> Spelling and grammar and the option activated on your toolbar (the
ABC with red underlining).

Please confirm.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Rosanne Joyce  wrote:

> I have tried 20 times to get this. I have downloaded the dictionary,>
> preferences>language setting>writing aids>found the spelling & Thesaurus>
> checked there is a tick so that it works & NOTHING happens. Please help.
> Can you do logmein to see why? Rosanne
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Ialina spelling check

[Rosanne Joyce]

I have tried 20 times to get this. I have downloaded the dictionary,> 
preferences>language setting>writing aids>found the spelling & Thesaurus> 
checked there is a tick so that it works & NOTHING happens. Please help. Can 
you do logmein to see why? Rosanne
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RE: ABC Spelling does not work

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

Small correction:

C.8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data folder window, 
double-click on the "OpenOffice" folder.  If you do not see such a folder, this 
is not the correct .  Go back to (6) and choose a different one and 
get back to here.

-Original Message-
From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 18:47
To: 'users@openoffice.apache.org'
Subject: RE: ABC Spelling does not work

Thanks Jon,

Your information is very helpful.  It shows where there needs to be more 
guidance on finding and resetting your user profile.  A good solution would be 
a web page with images of the procedure to use with Windows XP.

Let's see if I can explain it with text first.

A. PREVENTING OPENOFFICE RUNNING IN BACKGROUND

OpenOffice might be configured so that it runs in the background when you start 
up your machine.  You need to disable that in order to change settings.  You 
can decide, later, if there is any difference in start-up performance and 
enable it again.

This can be handled in OpenOffice itself.

 1. Start OpenOffice from the Start Button | All Programs menu of Windows XP.  
Don't attempt to open any documents.

 2. On the Apache OpenOffice 4 dashboard window, go to the top menu strip below 
the window title and select Tools > Options.  Under the OpenOffice entry, 
select Memory.  In the right-hand pane of the "Options - OpenOffice - Memory" 
window, remove any check for "OpenOffice Quickstarter" so that it does not 
"Load OpenOffice during system start-up."  Then click OK.

 3. Now close OpenOffice, close any other applications, and restart Windows.

This will give you more resources when not using OpenOffice, although starting 
up OpenOffice the first time when you've just restarted may take a bit longer.

B. FINDING YOUR USER NAME

 1. When you start up Windows XP, do you have a screen that says,

 "To begin, click your user name"

or that directly opens a little window to Type your password?

The "user name" that is shown is usually what is meant by "login name".

If you don't have a password set on your computer, we will have to find out the 
user name a different way, such as

 2. On Windows XP, when you bring up the Start menu, using the Start button on 
the task bar at the bottom of the Windows XP desktop, you will see your "user 
name" at the top of the menu of programs and features that pops up.  (You can 
actually have a different user name that what is shown.  I am betting that is 
not the case for your Windows setup.)

C. RESETTING YOUR APACHE OPENOFFICE USER PROFILE

 1. From the Start button menu that comes up, click "My Computer"

 2. When the My Computer window comes up, find the Hard Disk Drives entry and 
double-click on Local Disk (C:).

 3. In the C:\ window that comes up, double-click on the folder "Documents and 
Settings".

 4. In the C:\Documents and Settings window that comes up, you should see an 
"All Users" folder and a "Default User" folder, among others.

 5. If you do not see a "Default User" folder, perform this procedure.
a. On the C:\Documents and Settings window, click "Tools" on the menu strip 
just below the title of the window.
b. Then click "Folder options ..."
c. on the Folder Options panel that opens up, click the "View" tab.
d. On the advanced settings list, make sure the following are checked or 
clicked:
   i. Check "Display the full path in the title bar"
   ii. Set "Show hidden files and folders" under "Hidden files and folders"
   iii. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types."
e. Now click the "Apply to All Folders" at the top of the View tab.
f. Then click "OK" on the Folder Options panel.

 6. Beside the (faint) Default User folder and the All Users Folder on the 
C:\Documents and Settings window, you should also see a one or more folders 
that are for user accounts.  Open the one that is for the user name you are 
using.  We'll call that .

 7. In the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder window, double-click on 
the faint "Application Data" folder.

 8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data folder window, 
double-click on the "OpenOffice" folder.  If you do not see such a folder, this 
is not the correct .  Go back to (6) and choose a different one and 
get back to here.

 9. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice 
folder window, double-click on the folder named "4".  If there is no such 
folder, you are not using Apache OpenOffice 4.x.  I assume that is what you 
have below.

10. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 
folder window, delete the folder named "user".  Right click on the folder icon, 
then click Delete on the little pop-down menu that appears.

11. Close all of these windows that are still open and now start OpenOffice 
using the Start button or whatever other method you use to initiate Apache 
OpenOffice usage.

There should be a prize for this.  The best prize w

RE: ABC Spelling does not work

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

Thanks Jon,

Your information is very helpful.  It shows where there needs to be more 
guidance on finding and resetting your user profile.  A good solution would be 
a web page with images of the procedure to use with Windows XP.

Let's see if I can explain it with text first.

A. PREVENTING OPENOFFICE RUNNING IN BACKGROUND

OpenOffice might be configured so that it runs in the background when you start 
up your machine.  You need to disable that in order to change settings.  You 
can decide, later, if there is any difference in start-up performance and 
enable it again.

This can be handled in OpenOffice itself.

 1. Start OpenOffice from the Start Button | All Programs menu of Windows XP.  
Don't attempt to open any documents.

 2. On the Apache OpenOffice 4 dashboard window, go to the top menu strip below 
the window title and select Tools > Options.  Under the OpenOffice entry, 
select Memory.  In the right-hand pane of the "Options - OpenOffice - Memory" 
window, remove any check for "OpenOffice Quickstarter" so that it does not 
"Load OpenOffice during system start-up."  Then click OK.

 3. Now close OpenOffice, close any other applications, and restart Windows.

This will give you more resources when not using OpenOffice, although starting 
up OpenOffice the first time when you've just restarted may take a bit longer.

B. FINDING YOUR USER NAME

 1. When you start up Windows XP, do you have a screen that says,

 "To begin, click your user name"

or that directly opens a little window to Type your password?

The "user name" that is shown is usually what is meant by "login name".

If you don't have a password set on your computer, we will have to find out the 
user name a different way, such as

 2. On Windows XP, when you bring up the Start menu, using the Start button on 
the task bar at the bottom of the Windows XP desktop, you will see your "user 
name" at the top of the menu of programs and features that pops up.  (You can 
actually have a different user name that what is shown.  I am betting that is 
not the case for your Windows setup.)

C. RESETTING YOUR APACHE OPENOFFICE USER PROFILE

 1. From the Start button menu that comes up, click "My Computer"

 2. When the My Computer window comes up, find the Hard Disk Drives entry and 
double-click on Local Disk (C:).

 3. In the C:\ window that comes up, double-click on the folder "Documents and 
Settings".

 4. In the C:\Documents and Settings window that comes up, you should see an 
"All Users" folder and a "Default User" folder, among others.

 5. If you do not see a "Default User" folder, perform this procedure.
a. On the C:\Documents and Settings window, click "Tools" on the menu strip 
just below the title of the window.
b. Then click "Folder options ..."
c. on the Folder Options panel that opens up, click the "View" tab.
d. On the advanced settings list, make sure the following are checked or 
clicked:
   i. Check "Display the full path in the title bar"
   ii. Set "Show hidden files and folders" under "Hidden files and folders"
   iii. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types."
e. Now click the "Apply to All Folders" at the top of the View tab.
f. Then click "OK" on the Folder Options panel.

 6. Beside the (faint) Default User folder and the All Users Folder on the 
C:\Documents and Settings window, you should also see a one or more folders 
that are for user accounts.  Open the one that is for the user name you are 
using.  We'll call that .

 7. In the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder window, double-click on 
the faint "Application Data" folder.

 8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder window, double-click on 
the "OpenOffice" folder.  If you do not see such a folder, this is not the 
correct .  Go back to (6) and choose a different one and get back to 
here.

 9. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice 
folder window, double-click on the folder named "4".  If there is no such 
folder, you are not using Apache OpenOffice 4.x.  I assume that is what you 
have below.

10. In the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 
folder window, delete the folder named "user".  Right click on the folder icon, 
then click Delete on the little pop-down menu that appears.

11. Close all of these windows that are still open and now start OpenOffice 
using the Start button or whatever other method you use to initiate Apache 
OpenOffice usage.

There should be a prize for this.  The best prize would be to provide an 
automated option to perform this using OpenOffice itself.  I hope to see that 
given a priority, although I can't promise that there will be improvement soon.

Please report whether this solved your problem and any adjustments you had to 
make for the above procedures to work.  

We are in your debt.

 - Dennis


-Original Message-
From: Jon Kurz [mailto:westchic...@yahoo.com.INVALID] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 16:45
To: users@openoffi

Re: ABC Spelling does not work

[Jon Kurz]

Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.1) The ABC tool bar buttons 
were working up to about 1 1/2  years ago.  I assume this problem started after 
an              update. 2)  I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am 
using Windows XP. 3)  As far as I know I have added no writing tools.  I am 
using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US)                 
installation files, modified 1/30/15. 4)  As far  as I know/remember all the 
original options are still installed and no customizing done.
Thanks for the respond.  Any more question feel free to ask.  Looking forward 
to working with you.
Jon
At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I  
have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to 
log into windows.  I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve 
my problem with these instructions.  I am a simple hands on person,  not a 
computer guru.o Close OpenOffice.

o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the 
System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit 
or Quit or whatever.

o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice\4
- where  is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note 
that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have 
to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in 
yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and 
Settings\, then put the cursor into the Address bar above 
the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data" 
(no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse 
to ...\OpenOffice\4.
o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual 
profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.)
o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you.

 

 On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton 
 wrote:
   

 My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 
function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.

 1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past 
and that since you have been updating, they no longer work?  Or has it never 
worked?

 2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems.  
Please provide 

 1. What kind of computer you are using.
 2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, 
Macintosh OSX, etc.)

 3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other 
than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice?  Are you 
using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?

 4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are 
provided during installation and not change anything?  Or do you customize the 
installation in some manner?

There is a common technique that often works.  It is called resetting the user 
profile.  That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and 
other settings.  It is sort of a power-user thing.  If you provide the 
information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on 
your particular setup.


 - Dennis

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-Original Message-
From: John Jay [mailto:john.ku...@frontier.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: westchic...@yahoo.com
Subject: ABC Spelling does not work

"HELP PLEASE"  My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK".  I have been 
repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail.  I have 
4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work 
after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word.  ABC auto spelling check does 
not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.  

I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so  PLEASE simple and understandable 
directions.  

This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know 
what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would 
not understand.

John Jay


   

Re: File converter plugin?

[DaveMainwaring]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Urmas  wrote:

> WPS file

it turns out, GoogleDocs supports .wps documents, which you can then
convert to .doc by going to File->Download file as->.doc. It's as simple as
that!



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Re: File converter plugin?

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"JAY CEE":

To get the best results for opening WPS files, use the Word Viewer with the 
Works 6-9 file converter, available from Microsoft.

Then you can use copy/paste to insert them into the AOO Writer.



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File converter plugin?

[JAY CEE]

Hi,

I have a great number of documents that are produced using Micro Soft Works. 

Is there a file converter Plugin I can obtain that would allow O O writer to 
open and file formats written using Works.

The file extension I’m looking to open within writer is .wps.

I would be very grateful for any help on this subject as these works documents 
are very important.

Many thanks and kindest regards

Jay Cee  

UK.