On Thursday 17 August 2006 16:55, Duffields wrote: > Hi: > > I have recently installed OOo 2.0.3 and I can't for the life of me get > the spell checker to work. I could swear that it worked on an earlier > version of Ooo but cannot find anything in the help files nor on the > website to indicate how to make it work on this new version. > > The necessary boxes under Tools, Options, Language, Writing Aids seem to > be checked by default but nothing works. Must I download and install > dictionary files separately? I can find them to download but cannot > find instructions as to where and how they must be installed. > > Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
You probably haven't installed the right version of English dictionary. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. They will install automatically. 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. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
