Thank you Andy for your quick response. I wasn't sure whether to reply to the users email or to you directly.
Australian English appears to be already installed and is set as the default language for all documents. In the language settings - languages dialogue box I have: Language of: Locale setting: English (Australia) and in the Default Language for Documents - Western: English (Australia). "the spell checker does not work" means that when I am writing a document it does not automatically pick up spelling mistakes with the red underline. It has done it in the past but not now. I recently reinstalled the software but there is no change. There are two boxes on the formatting tool bar. I have the autospellcheck box highlighted and this is what is not working. I have turned it on and off and this makes no difference. Also, when I click the Spell check box next to it, it will perform a spell check but does not pick up the errors. Thanks for your time [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Andy Pepperdine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 8:35 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Ollie Olorenshaw Subject: Re: [users] Spellchecker Problems On Thursday 13 July 2006 16:15, Ollie Olorenshaw wrote: > I am using version 2.0.3 of Openoffice.org. My problem is that the spell > checker does not work. I have see the apparent solution in the FAQ but this > makes no difference. What can I do? > There are several possibilities, depending on what "does not work" mean. My guess is that you do not have the correct dictionary for Australian English. The following is a summary of how to get the right dictionaries and where to set the right style attributes for any dictionary. Languages in OpenOffice To obtain the relevant dictionaries, go to File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries and download the ones you want. To set the default language for your installation, go to Tools -> Options -> Language Settings / Languages and set the default for all your documents. If there is a dictionary for your selection, there will be a tick mark against it. It is important to remember that language is an attribute of the text of a document, and can be set differently in different parts of the same document. This allows foreign language quotes to be separately checked against the appropriate dictionary. To set the default for a document that is different from the default setting for all other documents, when you have opened the document (or started a new one) go to the Default style and change it there. F11 (or Format -> Styles and Formatting) brings up the style list. Right click on Default (or the root style for your document) go to Modify -> Font tab where you can set the language for this style and will be carried down to other styles derived from it unless otherwise changed. To change the language for a piece of text, highlight the text and go to Format -> Character -> Font tab (or right click -> Character -> Font) where you can set the language for just that portion of text. -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ For more information about the OOo licence here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
