On 25/04/2008, John R. Sowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 25 April 2008 01:33:00 am Harold Fuchs wrote: > > On 25/04/2008, John R. Sowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I noticed that my punctuation was weird (left quote at the base line > > > instead > > > of being at the top of the characters). After checking the > > > options/customization, I found that the language had changed to Czech, > > > for western language, > > > > > > I corrected it, did not check "for this document only", closed the > > > program, > > > restarted it, checked and found the language changed back to Czech. I > > > checked my time zone to make sure I am not in Europe, no, Los Angeles. > > > I'm > > > in the San Francisco Bay Area, but that's close enough. > > > > > > Help? > > > > > > John > > > > You don't say which version of OOo you are using nor which flavour of > which > > Operating System. > > > > Depending on the OOo version, the Quickstarter might be getting in the > way > > of the language change you are trying to make. Try this: > > - Quit all OOo components > > - Quit the Quickstarter > > - Open Writer and make the change you [correctly] described in your > e-mail > > - Close Writer > > - Start the Quickstarter if it doesn't restart automatically > > - Check that your language setting has stuck > > > > If that fails and if you are on Windows: > > - shut down all OOo components & the Quickstarter > > - Rename the file "C:\Documents and Settings\Harold\Application > > Data\OpenOffice.org2\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\setup.xcu" to > > something that doesn't end in ".xcu". > > - Start Writer > > - Check the language & change it to what you want if it isn't already > > properly set > > - Start the Quickstarter if it doesn't restart automatically > > - Check that your language setting has stuck > > If this works you can delete the renamed file from above. > > If not then, sorry, I give up. Without actually sitting at your keyboard > > and playing - aka performing a forensic investigation - I'm stuck. Come > > back here with details of what you did and the results and hopefully > > someone else will be able to help. You should rename the above renamed > file > > back to its original name, possibly deleting any new one that got > created. > > > > Of course, the other question is how this situation arose in the first > > place. Have you done something to change the "Locale" as defined to your > > Operating System (which is where OOo gets its language settings unless > you > > do something specific)? Have you written a Czech document and > inadvertently > > changed your default template? Have your kids been playing with your > > computer? Hmmmmm. > > > I am running OOo 2.4 under Suse 10.3. I do not write documents in Czech, > my > wonderful children have flown the coop, which is why I have this nice > office > at home now. I do not know how to check my "locale" other than the time > zone. I do not see any reference to quickstart in the "tray" in the lower > right corner of the screen. OOo takes about 20 seconds to start. > > Hope this helps, > > John
Not sure where it is in a *nix installation, but find the file "setup.xcu" and rename it to something else after quitting all OOo processes. Then start Writer and see if it has helped. If there are several setup.xcu's, rename the one "closest" (most specific) to your user profile. I think OOo copies a template setup.xcu into each user profile that gets created; the user then modifies his/her own copy, indirectly, by changing various config settings. If still no joy then ... -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
