On Friday 27 October 2006 01:43, Marcia Erickson wrote: > I have downloaded the new 2.04. I tend to use Openoffice as a basic word > processor getting more exotic only occasionaly. Initially, the automatic > Spell check worked well but now it doesn't.Why? I also loaded this program > onto another computer that has no internet connection. Initially the Spell > Check worked well, now it doesn't. Sounds like this is a bug in the > program. Wish I had kept the original one I had. any solutions? Marcia
If you changed a language setting from English (US) to English (Canada) then you will need the Canadian English dictionary, which would explain why spelling checking stopped working. In case you don't already know, here is a brief guide. 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. For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
