Re: ABC Spelling does not work
base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -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: ABC Spelling does not work
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\login-name\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 - where login-name 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\login-name, 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 dennis.hamil...@acm.org 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 PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -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
RE: ABC Spelling does not work
@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: ABC Spelling does not work 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\login-name\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 - where login-name 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\login-name, 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 dennis.hamil...@acm.org 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 PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -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
RE: ABC Spelling does not work
Small correction: C.8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\user-id\Application Data folder window, double-click on the OpenOffice folder. If you do not see such a folder, this is not the correct user-id. 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 user-id. 7. In the C:\Documents and Settings\user-id folder window, double-click on the faint Application Data folder. 8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\user-id\Application Data folder window, double-click on the OpenOffice folder. If you do not see such a folder, this is not the correct user-id. Go back to (6) and choose a different one and get back to here. 9. In the C:\Documents and Settings\user-id\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\user-id\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
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: ABC Spelling does not work
On 1/30/2015 10:31 AM, John Jay wrote: 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 I'm a year short of 80 myself. What is ABC Spelling Grammar? i/s /that something you're seeing in Apache Open Office Writer? Where? I don't find it under Tools, and I don't find it in Help. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
On 1/30/2015 11:31 AM, John Jay wrote: 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 Hey John, I just turned 80 today (yea for me, never thought I'd make it). What do you mean by ABC? is that some sort or an app? The only thing I'm aware of on AOO is under Options - Check Spelling. When all the words are underlined in red, it can mean a mismatch in your dictionary, but usually it means that you need to delete or rename your user profile. If I recall correctly, you need to do this with AOO closed, otherwise it will recreate it in its current form as it closes. If you delete it while AOO is closed, when you reopen AOO it will recreate the file from scratch. You will then need to re-enter some basic information, but your dictionary should then function properly. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
-- replying below to -- From: Don Daugherty [mailto:ddaughe...@sunflower.com] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 13:35 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Spam (8):Re: ABC Spelling does not work On 1/30/2015 10:31 AM, John Jay wrote: I'm a year short of 80 myself. What is ABC Spelling Grammar? i/s /that something you're seeing in Apache Open Office Writer? Where? I don't find it under Tools, and I don't find it in Help. orcmid On the (default?) Writer toolbar, there are two buttons with ABC on them. One has a check mark (for checking grammar and spelling), and the other has a red sqiggle under the letters and it is for auto-spellcheck. Under Tools - Spelling and Grammar ... you will see that F7 is the accelerator for that function. I don't know if our releases are so clever as to use alternatives to ABC that fit the language version of the product. I'm still a kid myself, but when my new driving license expires in 2021, I will be solidly in my 80s. /orcmid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
All, This problem comes up quite often and has all to do with the user profile. I was checking the bugs database and found a related bug 120463 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120463 this bug has only priority 3 and no votes. If all of you login to the bug database and vote we will get less support request on this email list. On 31/01/2015 3:31 AM, John Jay wrote: 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: ABC Spelling does not work
On 1/30/2015 6:52 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: -- replying below to -- From: Don Daugherty [mailto:ddaughe...@sunflower.com] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 13:35 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Spam (8):Re: ABC Spelling does not work On 1/30/2015 10:31 AM, John Jay wrote: I'm a year short of 80 myself. What is ABC Spelling Grammar? i/s /that something you're seeing in Apache Open Office Writer? Where? I don't find it under Tools, and I don't find it in Help. orcmid On the (default?) Writer toolbar, there are two buttons with ABC on them. One has a check mark (for checking grammar and spelling), and the other has a red sqiggle under the letters and it is for auto-spellcheck. Under Tools - Spelling and Grammar ... you will see that F7 is the accelerator for that function. I don't know if our releases are so clever as to use alternatives to ABC that fit the language version of the product. I'm still a kid myself, but when my new driving license expires in 2021, I will be solidly in my 80s. /orcmid Whaddaya know... there they are and I never noticed them before. Shows to go you, you're never too old to learn something new. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
-- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005 On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Dale Erwin dale.er...@casaerwin.org wrote: On 1/30/2015 11:31 AM, John Jay wrote: 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 Hey John, I just turned 80 today (yea for me, never thought I'd make it). What do you mean by ABC? is that some sort or an app? The only thing I'm aware of on AOO is under Options - Check Spelling. When all the words are underlined in red, it can mean a mismatch in your dictionary, but usually it means that you need to delete or rename your user profile. If I recall correctly, you need to do this with AOO closed, otherwise it will recreate it in its current form as it closes. If you delete it while AOO is closed, when you reopen AOO it will recreate the file from scratch. You will then need to re-enter some basic information, but your dictionary should then function properly. Dale Erwin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org Top of the application, right of the printer icons you see ABC. Its the spell check. He apparently is having trouble with it working. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
John Jay wrote: 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 John; This is usually caused by corruption in the User Profile and can be fixed by resetting the Profile. For details on doing this see the following tutorial in the User Forum: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=12426#p58403. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
