The following link from the users forum links to how to reset your users profile, the most common source of this problem.
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=89052 The most common cause of this problem is caused by a too hasty shutdown or closing of top of laptop before allowing OpenOffice to finish closing out files (general housekeeping). Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2019, at 6:43 PM, David & Louise Koch <dnlkoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Using Win10 Home, up to date. > > I mostly use my desktop computer to write a text file using AOO, but am on > the road now and had to use my laptop (Lenovo U430) to write a one-page text > article for someone. I was puzzled to find that the auto spell check did not > work, as it does on my desktop at home. > > I checked settings, looked for solutions (mostly found from 2012 - Win7) and > tried many to no avail. Am using simple US-English, the default language. > The ABC underscore button is highlighted. In Tools \ Language "For Selection" > USA-English is always checked, but in "for Paragraph" and "for All Text", > USA-English is not checked and checking them manually does not "stick". > Starting a new File\Text Document does not improve the situation. > > When I get home I'll compare settings in the two computers, but in the > meantime, do you have any suggestions to get auto spell check to work? > > --David > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
