Hi Rory. Sorry that it's taken me so long to reply but domestic probs. Many, many thanks for the advice. It's worked like a charm. Very best wishes, Allan Goffee
Sent from my iPad > On 16 May 2015, at 17:36, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > > On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:18:34 +0100 > Allan Goffee <allangof...@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> Hi Rory >> Many thanks. Sorry to sound a bit dim but I'm a geriatric who's just getting >> to grips with light switches. What exactly would be my 'user profile'. Would >> that be the name of the file that I'm having problems with? >> Allan >> >> Sent from my iPad > > The user profile is the history of the settings used by OpenOffice and the > dictionaries and other personal settings. If this becomes corrupt, or has > not been set up correctly in the first place (for whatever reason) then > strange things can happen in OpenOffice. When one deletes or renames the > user folder a new one with standard settings is made next time OpenOffice > starts up. Doing this delete or rename process cures many funny happenings > with OpenOffice, and fixes a very large proportion of spellcheck problems. > > If you are using Windows, just follow the instructions below. > >> >>> On 16 May 2015, at 15:46, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 16 May 2015 15:08:19 +0100 >>> Allan Goffee <allangof...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. >>>> I'm not too sure how all of this works but do I ask my question now? >>>> I've just opened a rather large document that I've been working on all of >>>> this year only to find that almost everything has the squiggly red line >>>> under it as if it were all either a spelling or grammar mistake. Your >>>> advice please. >>> >>> You should start by deleting or renaming your OpenOffice user profile. >>> >>> If 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 press Enter. >>> Rename the "user" folder. Start OpenOffice. >>> >>> Details for other operating systems are given in >>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426 >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
