On Sat March 25 2006 11:26, Janet Noldus wrote: > Please unsubscribe me.
Please send an email as described at the bottom of every mail received from this list and REPLY TO THE CONFIRMATION REQUEST. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Andy Pepperdine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 25. März 2006 11:37 > An: [email protected] > Cc: Robert Dyck > Betreff: Re: [users] No spell-check. > > On Friday 24 March 2006 07:10, Robert Dyck wrote: > > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : The spell check > > seems to have been crippled. It runs fine, but reports no errors > > whatsoever, even when I deliberately type a non-word such as "ufiehyp". I > > re-installed the program, but the problem persists. > > What language are you trying to spell check? If it is English, do you have > the > right dictionary installed? English (USA) is installed by default, but > others > (like Australia, UK) have to be installed afterwards. > > Languages in OpenOffice > > To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to > File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries > and download the ones you want. > > To set the default language for your installation, go to > Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages > and set the default for all your documents. If there is a > dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. > > It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text > of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of > the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately > checked against the appropriate dictionary. > > To set the default for a document that is different from the > default setting for all other documents, when you have opened > the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style > and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up > the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your > document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this > style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless > otherwise changed. > > To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to > Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) > where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
