Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Dennis, I think the Open Office spell check works. Why I think it does not is when I use F7 or high light the word the whole sentence appears - not just the word in question. When you move to the desired word all it says is word is not in the dictionary. This form of spell check is really useless/worthless. I use to highlight the word or use F7 and if misspelled it would recommend a correct spelling for the word - which it no longer does. I did our family tree a couple years ago and this was not only a time saver but also really appreciated. Simply put - "How in the heck do I get this method of spell check back??" Yahoo mail highlights misspelled words, I cannot figure out why Open Office cannot. Unrelated question: What app do you down load to be able to email "privately" ?? Jon On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:45 PM, Jon Kurz wrote: Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update. 2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP. 3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15. 4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done. Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you. Jon At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.o Close OpenOffice. o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit or Quit or whatever. o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 - where is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and Settings\, then put the cursor into the Address bar above the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data" (no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse to ...\OpenOffice\4. o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.) o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you. On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect. 1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked? 2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide 1. What kind of computer you are using. 2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.) 3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice? 4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner? There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup. - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensiv
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update. 2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP. 3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15. 4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done. Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you. Jon At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.o Close OpenOffice. o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit or Quit or whatever. o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 - where is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and Settings\, then put the cursor into the Address bar above the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data" (no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse to ...\OpenOffice\4. o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.) o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you. On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect. 1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked? 2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide 1. What kind of computer you are using. 2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.) 3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice? 4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner? There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup. - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -Original Message- From: John Jay [mailto:john.ku...@frontier.com] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: westchic...@yahoo.com Subject: ABC Spelling does not work "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page. I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions. This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand. John Jay
