I have two computers: a laptop and a "floortop". Both run Win XP Pro with all 
the trimmings.

The laptop has OOo 2.0.4. The floortop has 2.1

On both systems I run Writer (creating a blank document) and do 
Tools>Options>Language Settings>Languages and then set the Default language for 
documents to UK English. I then click OK and close Writer saying Discard when 
asked if I want to keep the blank document which has now changed.

When I restart Writer, in 2.0.4 the default language has changed. In 2.1 it has 
*not*. There does not seem to be any way to have OOo 2.1 remember the default 
language. The same happens if I try any language. OOo 2.1 always reverts to US 
English; 2.0.4 remembers what it has been told.

I am *not* running Quickstarter on either system. I have the UK English 
dictionary properly installed on both systems. I have the "Check in all 
languages" box *unchecked* on both systems (Tools>Options>Language 
Settings>Writing Aids) so OOo should only do spell checking in a single 
language.

Am I going mad? Can 2.1 really be so fundamentally broken?

Harold Fuchs
London, England

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