2007/4/1, Thomas Sarich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hello , I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I have been recently downloaded open office for my Mac OS and have been trying to get the dictionary to work properly, you do a test type and it fails to pick up any of my spelling errors, it just states spell check is complete. I tried playing around with the tool options and was unsuccessful. Would it be possible to provide me with some instructions to get the spell check to work in english, in doing so underline errors. Thanks and regards Tom
Here'a brief introduction to spell checking in OpenOffice.org from another discussion: 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. If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and Documents -- Andy Pepperdine And here are some links concerning Australian English checking: http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/aust-eng.html http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/language/a/strinea.htm http://www.abc.net.au/civics/globalcitizens/ozstrine.htm http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/aust-eng.html There is somebody on this list that maintains the Australian-English dictionary, but I can't find his data right now... -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
