Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Carlos Martinez
Russell Butler skrev: Carlos Martinez wrote: Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style (first look at the Default para style). See also:

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread M Henri Day
2009/3/2 Russell Butler russ...@rj-il-butler.com Carlos Martinez wrote: Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style (first look at the Default para style). See also:

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
M Henri Day wrote: Here I should really like to see OOo take a page from MSO and provide us with a GUI button which allows one to switch languages both for and within a document with a mouse click. This would constitute a great step forward in usability for ordinary users who often need to write

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Carlos Martinez wrote: I running OO0.org v. 3.0.1 (downloaded from http://download.openoffice.org/ ) on Windows XP, Ctrl + A is used to open a document, I would write in which operative system this command is used to do that. Have a good time Carlos Marinez Are you using an English

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/3/3 M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com 2009/3/2 Russell Butler russ...@rj-il-butler.com Carlos Martinez wrote: Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread M Henri Day
2009/3/3 Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com M Henri Day wrote: Here I should really like to see OOo take a page from MSO and provide us with a GUI button which allows one to switch languages both for and within a document with a mouse click. This would constitute a great step forward in

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:35, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Carlos Martinez wrote: I running OO0.org  v. 3.0.1 (downloaded from http://download.openoffice.org/ )  on Windows  XP,  Ctrl + A is used to  open a document, I would write in which operative system this command is used to do that.

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread M Henri Day
2009/3/3 Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com 2009/3/3 M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com 2009/3/2 Russell Butler russ...@rj-il-butler.com Carlos Martinez wrote: Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
M Henri Day wrote: At the bottom of Writer's window is a sort of tool bar. The 3rd button from the left shows the current language. Optionally select a section of text. Click on this button. Follow your nose ... NB This is true on Windows. I can't confirm it for Mac or *nix. It has been true

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:32, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: M Henri Day wrote: Here I should really like to see OOo take a page from MSO and provide us with a GUI button which allows one to switch languages both for and within a document with a mouse click. This would constitute a great step

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
2009/3/3 Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com M Henri Day wrote: At the bottom of Writer's window is a sort of tool bar. The 3rd button from the left shows the current language. Optionally select a section of text. Click on this button. Follow your nose ... NB This is true on Windows. I

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Carlos Martinez
Jean Hollis Weber skrev: Carlos Martinez wrote: I running OO0.org v. 3.0.1 (downloaded from http://download.openoffice.org/ ) on Windows XP, Ctrl + A is used to open a document, I would write in which operative system this command is used to do that. Have a good time Carlos Marinez

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Le 03.03.2009 10:26, M Henri Day a écrit : 2009/3/2 Russell Butlerruss...@rj-il-butler.com Here I should really like to see OOo take a page from MSO and provide us with a GUI button which allows one to switch languages both for and within a document with a mouse click. This would constitute a

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-03 Thread Hagar de l'Est
Le 03.03.2009 12:11, Harold Fuchs a écrit : 2009/3/3 Jean Hollis Weberjeanwe...@gmail.com Install the dictionaries for the languages you want, and the languages will appear on that list. Errrm. Perhaps this is true in v3.x but it isn't on my Win XP 2.4.1 system. You have to click the More

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-02 Thread Nicholas
Jean, On OOo 3 you need to use the add-in manager to include the English Australia. Then use the Style and Formatting to change the page style to use the language you would like. Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Russell Butler wrote: James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I am trying to edit a

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-02 Thread Hagar de l'Est
The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style (first look at the Default para style). See also: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=67 Hagar Le 02.03.2009 07:50,

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-02 Thread Carlos Martinez
Jean Hollis Weber skrev: Russell Butler wrote: James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I am trying to edit a document prepared in OOo on another person's computer and the spell checker defaults to English (USA). I want English (Australian), and all documents prepared on my computer

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-02 Thread Carlos Martinez
Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style (first look at the Default para style). See also: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74t=67 Hagar

[users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-02 Thread Russell Butler
Carlos Martinez wrote: Hagar de l'Est skrev: The problem with the method below is that it's a direct formatting that can be easily removed afterwards. Better configure the paragraph style (first look at the Default para style). See also:

[users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-01 Thread Russell Butler
James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I am trying to edit a document prepared in OOo on another person's computer and the spell checker defaults to English (USA). I want English (Australian), and all documents prepared on my computer automatically spell check in English (Australian).

Re: [users] Re: Wrong dictionary in spell check.?

2009-03-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Russell Butler wrote: James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I am trying to edit a document prepared in OOo on another person's computer and the spell checker defaults to English (USA). I want English (Australian), and all documents prepared on my computer automatically spell check in