[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
James McKenzie wrote: Dan: Sadly Mr. RBL was kicked off of the mailing list for use of profanity. You would be best to reply directly to him. James M. Dan Lewis wrote: Perhaps this is a little late, but why haven't you created your own dictionaries? (user-defined dictionaries) That would

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
Terry wrote: This MAY be caused by some flaw in your user directory. You can check that by exiting from OpenOffice, then renaming your user directory. OOo will create a new user directory which will contain none of your previous settings or macros. Test the software then to see whether your

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
Jack Gates wrote: On Sunday 27 August 2006 14:07, RBL wrote: I have run free support boards and been an online support volunteer without interruption going back to the days of 300bps acoustic-coupled CompuServe connections. I've written my own BBS software to better serve users. Today I run

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
Ross Johnson wrote: Alan Frayer wrote: James McKenzie wrote: Dan: Sadly Mr. RBL was kicked off of the mailing list for use of profanity. You would be best to reply directly to him. James M. Dan Lewis wrote: Perhaps this is a little late, but why haven't you created your own

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
I just want to post a thank you to everyone who did, ultimately, respond to my post, and offer their suggestions -- including James. :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-30 Thread RBL
Terry wrote: James McKenzie wrote: snip Thank you for the correction. I will publically apologize to the list for dragging this out. I reread my archives and yes, I sent a reply to Mr. Levin that may have resulted in his mail system spamming the list. As far as Mr. Levin sending or replying

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-28 Thread Barrie Backhurst
Seeing as you were going to unsubscribe, you may have missed this On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 15:48 +1000, Terry wrote: James McKenzie wrote: snip Thank you for the correction. I will publically apologize to the list for dragging this out. I reread my archives and yes, I sent a reply to Mr.

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-28 Thread Harold Fuchs
On Monday, August 28, 2006 11:12 AM [GMT+1=CET], Barrie Backhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seeing as you were going to unsubscribe, you may have missed this On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 15:48 +1000, Terry wrote: James McKenzie wrote: snip Surely that is unnecessary. Mistakes are permitted.

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-28 Thread Fran Mennick
On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:02 PM, James McKenzie wrote: I will go back into my hole now and leave this list alone. There are plenty here to answer Mac OS X questions. (In other words, I'm unsubscribing and leaving the OpenOffice.org project.) Please don't leave. It seems like there are plenty

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread RBL
RBL wrote: Ever since I installed OOo 2, I have been having odd problems with spell check. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and the problem only got worse. Here are the symptoms: * Turning off check spelling as you type only lasts for the session. When I reboot later. the feature

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Alan Frayer
RBL wrote: Is this utter lack of response the great online support that OOo evangelists so highly tout? I have been trying to find an answer to this problem for weeks, but can't find a solution anywhere, including here. Time to click uninstall -- because a word processor that can't do

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Dan Lewis
On Sunday 27 August 2006 12:17 pm, RBL wrote: RBL wrote: Ever since I installed OOo 2, I have been having odd problems with spell check. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and the problem only got worse. Here are the symptoms: * Turning off check spelling as you type only

[users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread RBL
Alan Frayer wrote: RBL wrote: Is this utter lack of response the great online support that OOo evangelists so highly tout? I have been trying to find an answer to this problem for weeks, but can't find a solution anywhere, including here. Time to click uninstall -- because a word

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread James Mckenzie
-Original Message- From: RBL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 27, 2006 11:07 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help Alan Frayer wrote: Alan, I appreciate your response. I have run free support boards and been an online support volunteer

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread James McKenzie
Dan: Sadly Mr. RBL was kicked off of the mailing list for use of profanity. You would be best to reply directly to him. James M. Dan Lewis wrote: Perhaps this is a little late, but why haven't you created your own dictionaries? (user-defined dictionaries) That would solve the spelling

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Alan Frayer
James McKenzie wrote: Dan: Sadly Mr. RBL was kicked off of the mailing list for use of profanity. You would be best to reply directly to him. James M. Dan Lewis wrote: Perhaps this is a little late, but why haven't you created your own dictionaries? (user-defined dictionaries) That

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Gates
On Sunday 27 August 2006 14:07, RBL wrote: I have run free support boards and been an online support volunteer without interruption going back to the days of 300bps acoustic-coupled CompuServe connections. I've written my own BBS software to better serve users. Today I run two free support

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Ross Johnson
Alan Frayer wrote: James McKenzie wrote: Dan: Sadly Mr. RBL was kicked off of the mailing list for use of profanity. You would be best to reply directly to him. James M. Dan Lewis wrote: Perhaps this is a little late, but why haven't you created your own dictionaries?

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread James McKenzie
Ross Johnson wrote: Alan Frayer wrote: Ah, but RBL did not use the profanity... he quoted someone else who did. I hope RBL wasn't booted for someone else's faux pas. Nobody was booted off for profanity ... RBL was unsubscribed because he'd forgotten to add openoffice.org to his email

Re: [users] Re: Strange spell-check problem; need help

2006-08-27 Thread Terry
James McKenzie wrote: snip Thank you for the correction. I will publically apologize to the list for dragging this out. I reread my archives and yes, I sent a reply to Mr. Levin that may have resulted in his mail system spamming the list. As far as Mr. Levin sending or replying to a message