Matt Richards wrote: > Hello, > > I have just installed the latest update of Open Office (4.1.3) -- this > program has been my only word processing program for quite a few years > and, except for one aspect, works very well. For the last two years I > have not been able to access an English language dictionary file to > utilize with the spellchecker. Several updates ago I experienced > difficulty and obtained troubleshooting advice from a users' forum. (I > was unable to contact technical assistance). The actions yielded no > solution and I have been manually performing spell-checking since that > time. > > With the newest update I was hoping my problem would be solved -- > however, it is not the case. I would appreciate a fix of some sort to > correct the absent dictionary file. I now have a more demanding work > load that requires written copy and I'd like to continue to use Open > Office with a working spellchecker. > > Please advise me if / how this can be resolved. > > Thanks very much. > > > Yours truly, > Matt Richards > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > Matt;
The usual starting point for spellcheck problems is to delete or rename the OpenOffice user profile. Doing this sorts out a very large proportion [read: most] of OpenOffice stability problems. Details of how to do this are given in https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Handling_the_OpenOffice.org_User_Profile Regards Keith
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