On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:07:08 -0400 Tony Dews <verseandvo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am a writer and I have a problem with Open Office in that the auto > spellcheck tells me that every word I type is incorrect. As a writer and > with one book that so far is at 280 (133,000 words or thereabouts) pages > you can understand that this is a real problem when it comes to editing and > proofreading. If I do a spell check manually it brings up every single word > as being incorrect no matter what default language I use, be it US or UK > English. If I turn it off then it does exactly the opposite which brings up > its own problems. None of the options in the help menu are any help at all > and uninstalling the program and downloading the current version isn't any > help either. This problem arose when I had a colleague edit one of my > stories, she used MS Word and normally this isn't an issue since they are > compatible but for some reason when I opened the document she edited using > Open Office this caused the problem above. Can you give me any ideas how to > fix the problem since it is a real pain in the ass. > > Cheers > Tony Dews Normally deleting or renaming the OpenOffice User Profile cures 90% of spellcheck problems. If you have custom dictionaries/autotext entries the renaming is the way to go, as you can bring forward your customisation is the problem is solved. Details are given at [url]https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426[/url] Note that un/re-installing does not touch the User Profile, which is where the error lies. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
