In OpenOffice, click the Tools menu, then choose Options. Go to Language Settings > Languages. Under Default Languages for Documents, pick your language. Note that only languages that have a 'tick' icon to their left have a corresponding dictionary installed. If you choose one that doesn't have one, you won't get spell checking.
If you still have trouble after changing that, it's time to check your
paragraph styles. Right-click the text and choose Edit Paragraph Style, or
choose the style to edit from the Styles and Formatting window. You're best
off editing the Default style, as it is at the top of the dependency
hierarchy. In the style editing window, choose the Font tab and pick your
language.
It took me ages to find this, but it was well worth it. Styles are probably
the best feature of OpenOffice.org if you learn to use them properly.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 at 16:23, Mark Phillips
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All replies to list please.
>
> I too, now. have a problem with Australian English since I recently
> upgraded. I did the normal fixes including reinstalling the language
> packs and it still don't work. English UK and English US are ok.
>
> Due to high workloads atm I haven't had a great deal of time to get to
> the bottom of it.
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 16:08 +1100, Chris Allen wrote:
> > I am using Open Office om Ubuntu LTS and cannot get spell checker to
> > work. It works alright in Evolution's emailing but refuses to do
> > anything in OO.
> >
> > I've looked at all the options I can think of. From what I can see
> > everything is set correctly. I don't work a lot with OO. I presume
> > there is some place I don't know about that will turn it on.
> >
> > Can any one advise?
> > --
> > Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Which came first, the language or the compiler?
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