Dear Russell, Thank you for your reply. Problem was solved by downloading the dictionary for "English-Australia" using "File>Wizards>Install new dictionaries".
Your assistance is much appreciated. Best regards, Shoji SHOJI YAMAMOTO wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed OpenOffice 2.2.0. (English version) > > My operating system is: > > Windows XP SP2 English Version > > I am using MS-IME 2002 for my Japanese language input. > > Control Panel>Date,Time,Language, and Regional Options>Regional and > Language Options>Language Tab>Tex services and input > language>Details>Setting> Default input language > > Japanese - Microsoft Natural Input 2002 ver.8.1 > > > Symptoms: English spellchecker is not working. > > Open new document by Writer. > > Type some words but Auto spell check does not work. I do not see any > wavy red line. > > Manual spell check does not work. "The spell check is complete" > appear as soon as I click, although there are mis-spelled words. > > My setting on Writer is as follows: Tools>Options>Language > Settings>Languages Language of User interface Default > Locale setting English(Australia) Decimal separator key > Tick Same as locale setting (.) Default currency AUD $ > English (Australia) > > Default languages for documents Western English > (Australia) Asian Japanese CTL > [None] No tick For the current document only > > Enhanced language support tick Enabled for Asian languages No tick > Enabled for complex txt layout(CTL) > > Knowledge base FAQ said: > > My spellchecker does not seem to work? > > Check your language settings for your document and whether a > spellchecker is active for that language. Format|Character and the > "Font" tab check "Language", there should be a tick mark beside the > relevant language. > > But there is no box to tick! beside English (Australia) > > Thank in advance for your help. > > Shoji > Hi Shoji It sounds as though you do not have the en_AU dictionary installed. In "Tools-Options-Language Settings-Languages-Western" do you have "English (Australian) chosen, and is there a little ABC over a tick mark against it? If not, you do not have the dictionary, which you can get by "File-Wizards-Install new dictionaries from the web" Or you can get the Australian one from http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/ You also need to set styles for the two languages. Take a look also at this cutting from previous threads: (1)Tutorial for Spell check and Language configuration http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862 (2) 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 (3) *additional remark: you may need to close/reopen Quickstart before changes will work if your system uses QS...** HTH Russell Please reply _only_ to [email protected]
