Myles Aikenhead wrote:
Hi,
I'm hoping this is the right way to get in touch.
We are new to openoffice having only downloaded it on Friday. Very
impressive so far. My only concern is that I cannot get it to do a
spell-check.
Is there a trick to this that isn't in the 'help' section?
If anyone can put me straight I will be grateful.
Myles.
The Aikenheads
Hi Myles
Have a look at http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s05.html#SPELLCHECKER
Plus
>
Take a look at these infos from previous threads:
(1) Tutorial for Spell check and Language configuration
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=50862
(2) <http://www.forum-openoffice.org/forum/ftopic2831.html>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.
If you set up your styles for a language in an empty document and then
save it as a template (File -> Templates -> Save), then you can select the
appropriate one to start a new document with File -> New -> Templates and
Documents
--
Andy Pepperdine
(3)**additional remark: you may need to close/reopen Quickstart before
changes will work if your system uses QS...**
Russell
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