On Sunday October 28 2007 08:10 pm, rob clement wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Sunday October 28 2007 11:20 am, Timothy Klaver wrote: > >> OpenOffice.org has a flaw in its Linux version that you may want to > >> remedy quickly. When I use OpenOffice.org on Windows, the auto > >> spell-checker and the spell-checker work perfectly fine. They do not > >> work, however, on Linux. I am using Ubuntu with version 2.3 of OOo. I > >> deliberately spell words wrong, and they are not underlined (which > >> the function is turned on), and the spell-checker tells me my > >> document is complete without any problems. I deliberately spelled > >> "being" as "bieng" and it did not underline it. I ran spell-checker, > >> and it told me my document was perfect. This needs addressed quickly, > >> for even the most gifted at the English language can still make a > >> mistake or two in their typing or writing, and if the program doesn't > >> identify it, it will go unnoticed. > > > > I use Ubuntu 7.10 on one of my computers. Instead of the Ubuntu > > version, I downloaded and installed the file contains the deb's from > > the OOo web site. I do not have problems with the spellchecker. > > > > Dan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Can I make one suggestion as I often have to switch between UK and US > English. Could I suggest that you do a "select all" on the document you > are working on and look at the Format character options. Does the > language box contain the name of the language that you are entering? Is > there a tick alongside it indicating that the language specified can be > spell-checked?
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