On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:12 +1000, Ollie Olorenshaw wrote: > Thank you Andy for your quick response. I wasn't sure whether to reply to > the users email or to you directly. > > Australian English appears to be already installed and is set as the default > language for all documents. > > In the language settings - languages dialogue box I have: > > Language of: Locale setting: English (Australia) > > and in the > > Default Language for Documents - Western: English (Australia). > > > "the spell checker does not work" means that when I am writing a document it > does not automatically pick up spelling mistakes with the red underline. It > has done it in the past but not now. I recently reinstalled the software but > there is no change. > > There are two boxes on the formatting tool bar. I have the autospellcheck > box highlighted and this is what is not working. I have turned it on and off > and this makes no difference. Also, when I click the Spell check box next to > it, it will perform a spell check but does not pick up the errors. > > Thanks for your time > >
Something else for you to check: Highlight a word in one of the docs that are not spellchecking and use Format > Character > Font to see if the actual default language is Australian. Chances are it is something else. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Pepperdine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 8:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ollie Olorenshaw > Subject: Re: [users] Spellchecker Problems > > > On Thursday 13 July 2006 16:15, Ollie Olorenshaw wrote: > > I am using version 2.0.3 of Openoffice.org. My problem is that the spell > > checker does not work. I have see the apparent solution in the FAQ but > this > > makes no difference. What can I do? > > > There are several possibilities, depending on what "does not work" mean. My > guess is that you do not have the correct dictionary for Australian English. > The following is a summary of how to get the right dictionaries and where to > set the right style attributes for any dictionary. > > 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. > > -- > Andy Pepperdine > > On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. > Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, > and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > For more information about the OOo licence here: > http://www.openoffice.org/license.html > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
