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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-11 Thread Chris Addington 

hi rory

manythanx4inputs

i am a professional engineer but loath computers - i use as a typewriter 
as do most users - your instructions require far too much thought & 
messing around (not to say that i do not appreciate your inputs & 
efforts) the problem is that there is a POLICY flaw within 
mozilla/apache/openoffice organisation that is not adequately ensuring 
updates function correctly - this applies across office, firefox, 
thunderbird applications


the issue is an organisational/policy problem

manythanxagainchris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 17:22, Rory O'Farrell wrote:

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
Chris Addington  wrote:


hi uninstalled again

installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK

**

i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that
does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
software/updates

please advise how to fix this problem

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

I have, in response to a private email, sent you instructions on what to do.  
Note that un/re-installing OpenOffice does not (repeat _NOT_) affect the OO 
user profile for reasons I have not time to expound.  The usual cure is to 
delete the OO User Profile according to the instructions in the email I have 
sent you

RoryOF

  

On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:

hi brian

installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries &
thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck

uninstalled openoffice, restarted

installed open office 4.1.2, restarted

now no spellcheck

i urgently need spellcheck to function

what to do?

regardschris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:

hi brian

thanx4that

i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now
have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation
dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now

will try again  later & restart machine


thanxagainchris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:

At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:

this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...

I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this
be fake and a malicious attack?


... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...

If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.


... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...

Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly
spelled different words.


... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))

That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language
at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set
for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to
select the word or region of text before examining the indication in
the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same
language, you could select it all and then set the language.

o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you
restarted your system?

o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language.
Is "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text
"ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.

o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't
need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled
with the program.

o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is
installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.

o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are
available. You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed.
You could download the correct extension and install this in place
of whatever is causing you trouble.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker - privately







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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Felmon Davis 

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Richard Beeston wrote:


Thanks


I'm not sharp on Windows either but googling it seems you should find 
the user profile thus:


make sure openoffice is not running.

a) click Start and type %appdata% in the search box;

b) go to /OpenOffice/4/user

c) rename user to something like 'user-old' so you can restore it or 
its contents


restart openoffice.

if it doesn't work then stop openoffice and restore 'user-old' (or 
whatever you called it) to 'user' and seek further help.


I found this at 
<https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58403>


my impression is this is surgery with a hammer because it removes all 
your customizations. and I wish there were a more fine-tuned approach.


if you saved 'user-old' you can go in and try to restore individual 
customizations like templates and stuff.


please no matter what, be sure you have backups of important stuff 
like your thesis!!!


(and by 'backups' I mean several and not only on the one computer and 
ideally a recent copy in some other physical location. please.)


F.




-Original Message- From: Rory O'Farrell
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:44 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update 
Re: spellcheck


On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:51:28 +1000
"Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:


Hi Rory

This was not a "fast" shutdown. There was a small window came on the bottom
left of a screen I was working os which indicated that it was from Open
Office which said there was an update for the dictionary to get English
English updates. I did not screen dump this so I cannot show you what it 
is.

I downloaded this as in my thesis I need the "correct" spelling for the
words in Australia not the US spelling. I turned off in the normal way 
which
I have been using for many years and then the next day I found my 
dictionary

had disappeared. This was annoying at the time and was wondering what to do
when Chris's email came into my inbox.
Going onto where to find some of the files. Where is the file explorer
found. I have typed this into the Search file  area and nothing comes up
except references to the emails that I have kept.  so if you could guide as
to where to find this I can then go on from there as per your previous
email.

I am using Windows 7 and OO 4.1.2
Thanks

Richard


I am very stale on Windows having moved to Linux some eight or so years ago 
and am unfamiliar with the more modern windows - anything after XP I have 
only touched to rescue one or two local computers in crisis.  The File 
Explorer (a name I have been given and seen by more informed users) is not 
the Search file area, but the mechanism by which one can navigate from one 
directory or disk to another.


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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Richard Beeston 

Thanks

-Original Message- 
From: Rory O'Farrell

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:44 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update 
Re: spellcheck


On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:51:28 +1000
"Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:


Hi Rory

This was not a "fast" shutdown. There was a small window came on the 
bottom

left of a screen I was working os which indicated that it was from Open
Office which said there was an update for the dictionary to get English
English updates. I did not screen dump this so I cannot show you what it 
is.

I downloaded this as in my thesis I need the "correct" spelling for the
words in Australia not the US spelling. I turned off in the normal way 
which
I have been using for many years and then the next day I found my 
dictionary
had disappeared. This was annoying at the time and was wondering what to 
do

when Chris's email came into my inbox.
Going onto where to find some of the files. Where is the file explorer
found. I have typed this into the Search file  area and nothing comes up
except references to the emails that I have kept.  so if you could guide 
as

to where to find this I can then go on from there as per your previous
email.

I am using Windows 7 and OO 4.1.2
Thanks

Richard


I am very stale on Windows having moved to Linux some eight or so years ago 
and am unfamiliar with the more modern windows - anything after XP I have 
only touched to rescue one or two local computers in crisis.  The File 
Explorer (a name I have been given and seen by more informed users) is not 
the Search file area, but the mechanism by which one can navigate from one 
directory or disk to another.




-Original Message- 
>From: Rory O'Farrell

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 7:44 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Richard Beeston
Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new 
update

Re: spellcheck

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:26:48 +1000
"Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with 
> this

> request to change the dictionary down load
>
> I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the 
> time.
> Now trying to do a 30 word thesis so will need to get the 
> spellchecker

> back into play.
>
> Would appreciate if I could get the same email regarding this problem.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard Beeston

Reset your OpenOffice User Profile.  Close OpenOffice and the 
Quickstarter.

Open File Explorer. Copy and paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File
Explorer Address Bar and press Enter. Rename the "user" folder. Start
OpenOffice.

This cures most spellcheck problems

I don't know what you all do - I regularly (monthly) update the 
dictionaries

on my nine computers, using Xubuntu on most and Windows XP on some archive
machines, and have never lost my spellcheck.

It is possible that the computers are being powered off to quickly, before
the OO housekeeping files are fully written to disk; to make computers 
react

faster data is buffered in software and hardware buffers, both in the
computer and in the disk drives.

My advice is to always use the formal shut down procedure for your 
operating

system and wait until disk activity has ceased before hitting the power
switch.  The few extra seconds taken will (even cumulatively) be less than
the time taken to repair/rewrite a damaged file or repair a damaged
spellcheck.

RoryOF




>
> -Original Message- 
> >From: Rory O'Farrell

> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:22 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Chris Addington ; aoo-bugzilla-ad...@apache.org ; Brian Barker ; 
> Dave

> Barton ; d...@openoffice.apache.org ; l...@openoffice.apache.org ;
> ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org ; secur...@apache.org
> Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new
> update
> Re: spellcheck
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
> Chris Addington <cd...@iafrica.com> wrote:
>
> > hi uninstalled again
> >
> > installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK
> >
> > **
> >
> > i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that
> > does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
> > software/updates
> >
> > please advise how to fix this problem
> >
> > Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
>
> I have, in response to a private email, sent you instructions on what to
> do.
> Note that un/re-installing OpenOffice does not (repeat _NOT_) affect the
> OO
> user profile for reasons I have not time to expound.  The usual cure is 
> to

> delete the OO User Profile

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell 
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:51:28 +1000
"Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi Rory
> 
> This was not a "fast" shutdown. There was a small window came on the bottom 
> left of a screen I was working os which indicated that it was from Open 
> Office which said there was an update for the dictionary to get English 
> English updates. I did not screen dump this so I cannot show you what it is. 
> I downloaded this as in my thesis I need the "correct" spelling for the 
> words in Australia not the US spelling. I turned off in the normal way which 
> I have been using for many years and then the next day I found my dictionary 
> had disappeared. This was annoying at the time and was wondering what to do 
> when Chris's email came into my inbox.
> Going onto where to find some of the files. Where is the file explorer 
> found. I have typed this into the Search file  area and nothing comes up 
> except references to the emails that I have kept.  so if you could guide as 
> to where to find this I can then go on from there as per your previous 
> email.
> 
> I am using Windows 7 and OO 4.1.2
> Thanks
> 
> Richard

I am very stale on Windows having moved to Linux some eight or so years ago and 
am unfamiliar with the more modern windows - anything after XP I have only 
touched to rescue one or two local computers in crisis.  The File Explorer (a 
name I have been given and seen by more informed users) is not the Search file 
area, but the mechanism by which one can navigate from one directory or disk to 
another. 

> 
> -Original Message- 
> >From: Rory O'Farrell
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 7:44 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Richard Beeston
> Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update 
> Re: spellcheck
> 
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:26:48 +1000
> "Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with this
> > request to change the dictionary down load
> >
> > I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the time.
> > Now trying to do a 30 word thesis so will need to get the spellchecker
> > back into play.
> >
> > Would appreciate if I could get the same email regarding this problem.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard Beeston
> 
> Reset your OpenOffice User Profile.  Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. 
> Open File Explorer. Copy and paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File 
> Explorer Address Bar and press Enter. Rename the "user" folder. Start 
> OpenOffice.
> 
> This cures most spellcheck problems
> 
> I don't know what you all do - I regularly (monthly) update the dictionaries 
> on my nine computers, using Xubuntu on most and Windows XP on some archive 
> machines, and have never lost my spellcheck.
> 
> It is possible that the computers are being powered off to quickly, before 
> the OO housekeeping files are fully written to disk; to make computers react 
> faster data is buffered in software and hardware buffers, both in the 
> computer and in the disk drives.
> 
> My advice is to always use the formal shut down procedure for your operating 
> system and wait until disk activity has ceased before hitting the power 
> switch.  The few extra seconds taken will (even cumulatively) be less than 
> the time taken to repair/rewrite a damaged file or repair a damaged 
> spellcheck.
> 
> RoryOF
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > -Original Message----- 
> > >From: Rory O'Farrell
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:22 AM
> > To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> > Cc: Chris Addington ; aoo-bugzilla-ad...@apache.org ; Brian Barker ; Dave
> > Barton ; d...@openoffice.apache.org ; l...@openoffice.apache.org ;
> > ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org ; secur...@apache.org
> > Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new 
> > update
> > Re: spellcheck
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
> > Chris Addington <cd...@iafrica.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hi uninstalled again
> > >
> > > installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK
> > >
> > > **
> > >
> > > i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that
> > > does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
> > > software/updates
> > >
> > > please advise how to fix this problem
> > >
> > > Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> >
> > I have, in res

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell 
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:26:48 +1000
"Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with this 
> request to change the dictionary down load
> 
> I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the time. 
> Now trying to do a 30 word thesis so will need to get the spellchecker 
> back into play.
> 
> Would appreciate if I could get the same email regarding this problem.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard Beeston

Reset your OpenOffice User Profile.  Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. 
Open File Explorer. Copy and paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File Explorer 
Address Bar and press Enter. Rename the "user" folder. Start OpenOffice.

This cures most spellcheck problems

I don't know what you all do - I regularly (monthly) update the dictionaries on 
my nine computers, using Xubuntu on most and Windows XP on some archive 
machines, and have never lost my spellcheck.  

It is possible that the computers are being powered off to quickly, before the 
OO housekeeping files are fully written to disk; to make computers react faster 
data is buffered in software and hardware buffers, both in the computer and in 
the disk drives.  

My advice is to always use the formal shut down procedure for your operating 
system and wait until disk activity has ceased before hitting the power switch. 
 The few extra seconds taken will (even cumulatively) be less than the time 
taken to repair/rewrite a damaged file or repair a damaged spellcheck. 

RoryOF  




> 
> -Original Message- 
> >From: Rory O'Farrell
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:22 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Chris Addington ; aoo-bugzilla-ad...@apache.org ; Brian Barker ; Dave 
> Barton ; d...@openoffice.apache.org ; l...@openoffice.apache.org ; 
> ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org ; secur...@apache.org
> Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update 
> Re: spellcheck
> 
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
> Chris Addington <cd...@iafrica.com> wrote:
> 
> > hi uninstalled again
> >
> > installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK
> >
> > **
> >
> > i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that
> > does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
> > software/updates
> >
> > please advise how to fix this problem
> >
> > Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> 
> I have, in response to a private email, sent you instructions on what to do. 
> Note that un/re-installing OpenOffice does not (repeat _NOT_) affect the OO 
> user profile for reasons I have not time to expound.  The usual cure is to 
> delete the OO User Profile according to the instructions in the email I have 
> sent you
> 
> RoryOF
> 
> 
> > On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:
> > > hi brian
> > >
> > > installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries &
> > > thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck
> > >
> > > uninstalled openoffice, restarted
> > >
> > > installed open office 4.1.2, restarted
> > >
> > > now no spellcheck
> > >
> > > i urgently need spellcheck to function
> > >
> > > what to do?
> > >
> > > regardschris
> > >
> > > Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> > >
> > > On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:
> > >> hi brian
> > >>
> > >> thanx4that
> > >>
> > >> i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now
> > >> have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation
> > >> dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now
> > >>
> > >> will try again  later & restart machine
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> thanxagainchris
> > >>
> > >> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> > >>
> > >> On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:
> > >>> At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:
> > >>>> this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this
> > >>> be fake and a malicious attack?
> > >>>
> > >>>> ... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...
> > >>>
> > >>> If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.
> > >>>
> > >>>&

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Richard Beeston 

Hi

Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with this 
request to change the dictionary down load


I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the time. 
Now trying to do a 30 word thesis so will need to get the spellchecker 
back into play.


Would appreciate if I could get the same email regarding this problem.

Regards

Richard Beeston

-Original Message- 
From: Rory O'Farrell

Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:22 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Chris Addington ; aoo-bugzilla-ad...@apache.org ; Brian Barker ; Dave 
Barton ; d...@openoffice.apache.org ; l...@openoffice.apache.org ; 
ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org ; secur...@apache.org
Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update 
Re: spellcheck


On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
Chris Addington <cd...@iafrica.com> wrote:


hi uninstalled again

installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK

**

i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that
does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
software/updates

please advise how to fix this problem

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.


I have, in response to a private email, sent you instructions on what to do. 
Note that un/re-installing OpenOffice does not (repeat _NOT_) affect the OO 
user profile for reasons I have not time to expound.  The usual cure is to 
delete the OO User Profile according to the instructions in the email I have 
sent you


RoryOF



On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:
> hi brian
>
> installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries &
> thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck
>
> uninstalled openoffice, restarted
>
> installed open office 4.1.2, restarted
>
> now no spellcheck
>
> i urgently need spellcheck to function
>
> what to do?
>
> regardschris
>
> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
>
> On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:
>> hi brian
>>
>> thanx4that
>>
>> i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now
>> have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation
>> dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now
>>
>> will try again  later & restart machine
>>
>>
>> thanxagainchris
>>
>> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
>>
>> On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:
>>> At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:
>>>> this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this
>>> be fake and a malicious attack?
>>>
>>>> ... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...
>>>
>>> If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.
>>>
>>>> ... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...
>>>
>>> Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly
>>> spelled different words.
>>>
>>>> ... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))
>>>
>>> That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language
>>> at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set
>>> for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to
>>> select the word or region of text before examining the indication in
>>> the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same
>>> language, you could select it all and then set the language.
>>>
>>> o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you
>>> restarted your system?
>>>
>>> o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language.
>>> Is "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text
>>> "ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.
>>>
>>> o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't
>>> need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled
>>> with the program.
>>>
>>> o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is
>>> installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.
>>>
>>> o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are
>>> available. You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed.
>>> You could download the correct extension and install this in place
>>> of whatever is causing you trouble.
>>>
>>> I trust this helps.
>>>
>>> Brian Barker - privately
>>>
>>>
>>
>




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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell 
On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100
Chris Addington  wrote:

> hi uninstalled again
> 
> installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK
> 
> **
> 
> i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that 
> does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested 
> software/updates
> 
> please advise how to fix this problem
> 
> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

I have, in response to a private email, sent you instructions on what to do.  
Note that un/re-installing OpenOffice does not (repeat _NOT_) affect the OO 
user profile for reasons I have not time to expound.  The usual cure is to 
delete the OO User Profile according to the instructions in the email I have 
sent you

RoryOF

 
> On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:
> > hi brian
> >
> > installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & 
> > thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck
> >
> > uninstalled openoffice, restarted
> >
> > installed open office 4.1.2, restarted
> >
> > now no spellcheck
> >
> > i urgently need spellcheck to function
> >
> > what to do?
> >
> > regardschris
> >
> > Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> >
> > On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:
> >> hi brian
> >>
> >> thanx4that
> >>
> >> i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now 
> >> have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation 
> >> dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now
> >>
> >> will try again  later & restart machine
> >>
> >>
> >> thanxagainchris
> >>
> >> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> >>
> >> On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:
> >>> At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:
>  this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this 
> >>> be fake and a malicious attack?
> >>>
>  ... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...
> >>>
> >>> If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.
> >>>
>  ... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...
> >>>
> >>> Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly 
> >>> spelled different words.
> >>>
>  ... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))
> >>>
> >>> That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language 
> >>> at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set 
> >>> for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to 
> >>> select the word or region of text before examining the indication in 
> >>> the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same 
> >>> language, you could select it all and then set the language.
> >>>
> >>> o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you 
> >>> restarted your system?
> >>>
> >>> o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language. 
> >>> Is "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text 
> >>> "ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.
> >>>
> >>> o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't 
> >>> need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled 
> >>> with the program.
> >>>
> >>> o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is 
> >>> installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.
> >>>
> >>> o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are 
> >>> available. You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed. 
> >>> You could download the correct extension and install this in place 
> >>> of whatever is causing you trouble.
> >>>
> >>> I trust this helps.
> >>>
> >>> Brian Barker - privately
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> 


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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Robert Funnell 

A quick Web search turns up the following from 2015:

<<
You should start by deleting or renaming your OpenOffice user profile.
As you are using Windows do this by:
Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. Open File Explorer. Copy and
paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File Explorer Address Bar and
press Enter. Rename the "user" folder. Start OpenOffice.

A quick search on the forum would have found many replies dealing with
this problem.




Does this help? (Are you using MS Windows?)


On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Chris Addington wrote:


hi uninstalled again

installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK

**

i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that does 
NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested 
software/updates


please advise how to fix this problem

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:

 hi brian

 installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & thesaurus
 version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck

 uninstalled openoffice, restarted

 installed open office 4.1.2, restarted

 now no spellcheck

 i urgently need spellcheck to function

 what to do?

 regardschris

 Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

 On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:
>  hi brian
> 
>  thanx4that
> 
>  i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now have 
>  update message again (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & 
>  thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now
> 
>  will try again  later & restart machine
> 
> 
>  thanxagainchris
> 
>  Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
> 
>  On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:

> >  At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:
> > >  this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...
> > 
> >  I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this 
> >  be fake and a malicious attack?
> > 
> > >  ... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...
> > 
> >  If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.
> > 
> > >  ... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...
> > 
> >  Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly spelled 
> >  different words.
> > 
> > >  ... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))
> > 
> >  That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language 
> >  at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set 
> >  for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to 
> >  select the word or region of text before examining the indication in 
> >  the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same language, 
> >  you could select it all and then set the language.
> > 
> >  o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you restarted 
> >  your system?
> > 
> >  o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language. Is 
> >  "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text 
> >  "ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.
> > 
> >  o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't 
> >  need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled 
> >  with the program.
> > 
> >  o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is 
> >  installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.
> > 
> >  o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are available. 
> >  You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed. You could 
> >  download the correct extension and install this in place of whatever 
> >  is causing you trouble.
> > 
> >  I trust this helps.
> > 
> >  Brian Barker - privately
> > 
> >


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Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington 

hi uninstalled again

installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK

**

i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that 
does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested 
software/updates


please advise how to fix this problem

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:

hi brian

installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & 
thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck


uninstalled openoffice, restarted

installed open office 4.1.2, restarted

now no spellcheck

i urgently need spellcheck to function

what to do?

regardschris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:

hi brian

thanx4that

i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now 
have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation 
dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now


will try again  later & restart machine


thanxagainchris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:

At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:

this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...


I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this 
be fake and a malicious attack?



... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...


If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.


... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...


Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly 
spelled different words.



... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))


That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language 
at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set 
for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to 
select the word or region of text before examining the indication in 
the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same 
language, you could select it all and then set the language.


o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you 
restarted your system?


o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language. 
Is "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text 
"ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.


o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't 
need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled 
with the program.


o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is 
installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.


o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are 
available. You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed. 
You could download the correct extension and install this in place 
of whatever is causing you trouble.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker - privately

URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington 

hi brian

installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & 
thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck


uninstalled openoffice, restarted

installed open office 4.1.2, restarted

now no spellcheck

i urgently need spellcheck to function

what to do?

regardschris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:

hi brian

thanx4that

i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now 
have update message again (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries 
& thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now


will try again  later & restart machine


thanxagainchris

Chris Addington Pr.Eng.

On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:

At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:

this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...


I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this 
be fake and a malicious attack?



... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...


If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.


... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...


Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly spelled 
different words.



... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))


That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language 
at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set 
for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to 
select the word or region of text before examining the indication in 
the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same language, 
you could select it all and then set the language.


o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you 
restarted your system?


o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language. 
Is "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text 
"ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.


o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't 
need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled 
with the program.


o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is 
installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.


o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are 
available. You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed. 
You could download the correct extension and install this in place of 
whatever is causing you trouble.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker - privately







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