My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked? 2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide 1. What kind of computer you are using. 2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.) 3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice? 4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner? There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup. - Dennis PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to [email protected] where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to [email protected] by sending an e-mail with any subject to [email protected] from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list. The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well. -----Original Message----- From: John Jay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: ABC Spelling does not work "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page. I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions. This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand. John Jay --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
