On Saturday 21 October 2006 03:50, Thomas Beuthe wrote:
> Installed OO 2.0.4 on Windows XP Professional X64 Edition
> Version 5.2 (Build 3790.srv03_sp1_gdr.060315-1609: Service Pack 1)
> Not sure of what's happening here but, for example the default install does
> not spell check correctly.  Are there known problem with this build of OO
> on this operating system? Is there a topic thread you can point me to
> please, I'm new to OO. Build on my NT machine went perfectly, and also
> seems to work flawlessly on my 32-bit XP system.

In what sense does it not spell check correctly? Have you downloaded the right 
dictionaries for your languages?

Here is a brief guide to 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

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