I followed bobonov's advice and it worked for me. I installed myspell-ca (Canadian). At the end of the configure it said it updated the dictionary list, so I didn't need to run the perl script he mentioned.
This is too complicated though. OpenOffice should be redesigned to do this: 1) When you start openoffice the first time with a language selected that doesn't have a spell check package installed, should warn you and give you an opportunity to download the corresponding package. 2) If you decide not to download the package, disable the spellcheck buttons so that it's obvious that they don't work. 3) Give the user an easy way to download the required package later if he wants to. Instead it simply enables all spellcheck functions and tells you that all spellchecking is complete without actually doing anything. This could very easily lead the the user assuming his document is error free until he catches on to what's going on. Once he does catch on, he has to wade through howtos and bug reports until he finds something that works for them. Very frustrating for something so simple. It's easy for me to sit on the sidelines and complain. OpenOffice is coming along nicely, but these types of obvious things need to be addressed for it to become widely accepted. I just wish I had the time to help out. -- openoffice.org in feisty lacks canadian english spellcheck https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44100 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
