Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington
hi rory manythanx4inputs i am a professional engineer but loath computers - i use as a typewriter as do most users - your instructions require far too much thought & messing around (not to say that i do not appreciate your inputs & efforts) the problem is that there is a POLICY flaw within m

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Felmon Davis
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Richard Beeston wrote: Thanks I'm not sharp on Windows either but googling it seems you should find the user profile thus: make sure openoffice is not running. a) click Start and type %appdata% in the search box; b) go to /OpenOffice/4/user c) rename user to somethin

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Richard Beeston
Thanks -Original Message- From: Rory O'Farrell Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 9:44 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:51:28 +1000 "Richard Beeston" wrote: Hi Rory T

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:51:28 +1000 "Richard Beeston" wrote: > Hi Rory > > This was not a "fast" shutdown. There was a small window came on the bottom > left of a screen I was working os which indicated that it was from Open > Office which said there was an update for the dictionary to get Engl

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Richard Beeston
Hi Rory This was not a "fast" shutdown. There was a small window came on the bottom left of a screen I was working os which indicated that it was from Open Office which said there was an update for the dictionary to get English English updates. I did not screen dump this so I cannot show you w

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:26:48 +1000 "Richard Beeston" wrote: > Hi > > Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with this > request to change the dictionary down load > > I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the time. > Now trying to do a 3

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Richard Beeston
Hi Chris Addington is not the only one to have lost his spellcheck with this request to change the dictionary down load I lost mine about 2 days earlier but did not think much of it at the time. Now trying to do a 30 word thesis so will need to get the spellchecker back into play. Woul

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:33:09 +0100 Chris Addington wrote: > hi uninstalled again > > installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK > > ** > > i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that > does NOT justify

Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:05:01 +0100 Chris Addington wrote: > hi > > this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc of a new > update (for dictionaries i think) - clicked update - spellcheck not > working (again > > shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK)) > > opti

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Robert Funnell
A quick Web search turns up the following from 2015: << You should start by deleting or renaming your OpenOffice user profile. As you are using Windows do this by: Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. Open File Explorer. Copy and paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File Explorer Address Bar and

Re: URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington
hi uninstalled again installed older version openoffice 4.1.1 - STILL NO SPELLCHECK ** i appreciate that openoffice are providing community software but that does NOT justify invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested software/updates pl

URGENT - Re: spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington
hi brian installed update (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries & thesaurus version 2016.05.01) , again no spellcheck uninstalled openoffice, restarted installed open office 4.1.2, restarted now no spellcheck i urgently need spellcheck to function what to do? regardschris Chris Ad

spellcheck error again after installing new update Re: spellcheck

2016-08-10 Thread Chris Addington
hi this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc of a new update (for dictionaries i think) - clicked update - spellcheck not working (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK)) options set to 'spellcheck' but no red underline to incorrectly spelt words ???