Darren, OpenOffice has a long, long history. Not as long as you or me or many others here have been programming. I think you might be surprised at the number of decades of some of the generous contributors to AOO.
If you have the relevant C++ experience, the source code and build instructions are available. Patches welcome! Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2016, at 6:40 AM, Darren Myers <myers_dar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Max > > I am a developer in BMC / People soft applications, 32 years and 4 months > overall experience.. > > I shouldn't have to delete a profile and re-create it and go through that > pain in order to get the most basic function working. > Open office need to fix this MAJOR problem. It was an issue for users in > 4.1.1 and still in 4.1.2 > > However it really doesn't matter now, I simply opened my MS doc up online and > MICROSOFT! allows you to edit and SPELL CHECK. > Lets be honest and truthful here, Open office is inferior, and by all > accounts the worst freeware I have ever installed or used. > > > >> Subject: Re: Open Office Writer UTTER , UTTER Rubbish (or not) >> To: d...@openoffice.apache.org; users@openoffice.apache.org; >> myers_dar...@hotmail.com >> From: max.merb...@gmx.de >> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:27:50 +0100 >> >> Hello Darren, >> >> of course it's got a spell check. And the spell check works. I've been >> using OpenOffice for years and I never had that problem. If something on >> OpenOffice doesn't work, delete the folder "OpenOffice" in >> [user]/appdata/roaming and restart OpenOffice. No need to be rude, by >> the way. (and I've been a computer user for 28 years and I can't count >> how many times I've seen users blaming the software for their own >> mistake when something didn't work as desired) >> >> Max >> >> >> >>> Am 13.03.2016 um 14:14 schrieb Darren Myers: >>> Hello >>> >>> Can someone please pass this comment on to the relevant incompetent >>> developer who created openoffice writer.. >>> >>> It has the a really obvious problem with the program... >>> >>> IT HAS NO BLOODY SPELL CHECK!!!!! >>> >>> Seriously I ask you this, what IDIOT created a doc writer without the most >>> fundamental function???? >>> >>> Even when installing 4.1.2 it says its selected , however NO, it just >>> doesn't work.. >>> >>> I will be pulling my donations and putting money into Microsoft, where >>> things DO work!! albeit I will have to pay. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
