On 15/04/2008, Gail Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have recently installed OpenOffice.org 2.4 and my spellcheck is not > functioning. If I put in spelling errors on purpose in a document it still > confirms everything is ok. > > I don't know how to correct this.
Spell checking in a language can only work if (a) the dictionary is installed for that language and (b) Writer is told what language the [piece of] text is in. So, have you installed the dictionaries for the languages you want to use? File>Wizards>Install New Dictionaries. Then, for monoglot documents set the language you want in Tools>Options>Language Settings>Languages - either for all documents or for "this document only". This is also where you can check what dictionaries you have installed: in the drop down list of possible languages, the relevant dictionary is only installed if the language has a little "abc" and a tick (check mark) by it. If the tick and "abc" are not there then you need to install that language's dictionary if you want to spell check in that language. For polyglot documents you need to read about Styles and create a set of styles for each language you want to use, or select the text and click the language button in the status bar at the bottom of the Writer window so that you can choose the language for the selected text. This last method, only available in the recently released version 2.4) is tedious if you write a lot of multilingual documents; the use of styles is recommended in this case. Having defined a useful set of styles you can then save and subsequently use a template containing your defined styles so you don't have to keep defining them. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
