hi kathryn 1. to create new documents as A4, you can do one of the following: a) go to Tools - Settings - Locale and set the locale to something other than en_US (which uses Letter as default, if i'm not mistaking) or whatever you're using. but this might also influence some other behaviour. b) open a new file, go to Format - Page, on Page tab select A4 as Format and click OK. then (do not change anything else in the document!) go to File - Templates - Save and name the file DefaultA4. save it with OK. then go to File - Templates again and select Organize. in the dialog, find DefaultA4 template and click on Commands button. when it opens a drop-down list, select the 'Use this one as default' command. click OK again. and close OpenOffice. when you open it again and select a new text document, it should open an empty A4 page.
2. the spellchecker will work if you have the following: you must have set up the correct language for your documents. if you're writing your documents in german, the english spellchecker will not work :) so: go to Tools - Options - Language settings and check what you have for Western and for Locale. select the langauge you are using. if you see a blue checkmark next to its name, this means that the spellchecker for it is installed. now, in a new document, also check which language the Default paragraph style is using: open Stylist (F11), right-click on Default and select Modify. under the Font tab you should find the list of languages. make sure it is the one you need. urska urska > Hey hey > > I think Open Office is great, but I've had a few difficulties. I'm not an > IT wizz, so bear with me please. > >> I want to set up my text documents so that they are created A4 by >> default each time I open a new file. > >> I can't get the language set up to work so that I can use the spell >> check. I have managed to do this in one document, but can't get it >> working for any other documents, even if I do the same thing. I've been >> pasting all my completed documents in this original one, just so I can >> check the spelling! > > Thanks, > Kathryn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
