On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 12:56:14 -0700 Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> On 10/4/2016 12:49 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 12:44:51 -0700 > > Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > > >> I downloaded and installed > >> Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Win_x86_install_en-GB.exe. To my distress, when > >> I first started it, it accepted "color" (US spelling) and rejected > >> "colour" (English spelling). > >> > >> I thought perhaps it picked up my previous use of en-US from my profile, > >> but I got the same effect installing on a new Windows 10 computer that > >> has never run any OpenOffice before. > >> > >> It is using English, not American, spellings in the user interface, but > >> I would have expected documents to also default to the installation > >> language. > >> > >> What language is supposed to be used, by default, for user documents? > >> > > > > What language is shown centre of Status Bar for the paragraph in question? > > > > You may need to use /Tools /Languages /For all text to change the text > > language to English (UK) > > > > I can indeed force correct spelling using Tools/Languages. > > My question is what language should be the default. I expected the > installation language, but it seems to be doing something different. > Normally installation of a language version (my experience is with en-GB) on a clean installation (i.e., no previous OO installation) should install the correct English dictionary. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
