On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 15:43 +0100, Brian E. Blandford wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 12:34 +0100, Brian E. Blandford wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 09:32 +0100, Brian E. Blandford wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Brian E. Blandford wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Daniel Kasak wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Brian E. Blandford wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>[snipped] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Something curious: although I cannot get any spell checker (even the > >>>>default US English) on 2.0 Writer, I have now discovered that in 2.0 > >>>>Draw, Calc, and Impress, the UK English spell checker works perfectly. > >>>>So at least I know the dictionaries really are installed. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I cannot reproduce your problem even using the example from > >>>http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=40240 > >>> > >>>Have you checked your character settings? That is one place that is > >>>language dependent and, if you have none, then I recall no checking is > >>>done. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I've got a solution at last, though it's one I don't understand. My > >>chosen default font in Writer was Times. But if I change the font to, > >>say, one of the Bitstream Vera or Nimbus families, the spell checker > >>works. (The default font in the other components of OOo I had left at > >>Bitstream Vera) And that seems to be the answer. The spell checker does > >>not work with Times - which is no great loss as the print quality from > >>that font is so poor I was thinking of giving it up anyway. > >>I would be interested to know if there are other fonts the spell-checker > >>doesn't work with. > >> > >>Brian B. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >Fonts have a language associated with it. Please highlight a word or > >character that exhibits the problem, right-click to open the context > >menu, select character and have a look at the Font tab > Language > >dropdown. What does this say? > > > > > > > It says "English (UK)" and displays the spellcheck icon. As far as I > remember Times is an imported font from a Windows application (aping > Times New Roman) - but it did work fine on 1.1. > > I have just done a quick check and have discovered there are quite a > number (but not all) of imported fonts that the spell checker doesn't > work with. > > Brian B.
Hmm, I found that fonts and dictionaries do not migrate properly on an upgrade. (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55920 ) They are reported as being there but are not. Annoying, eh? The solution I have had to use is to use the wizards to re-install both. Try it. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
