A quick Web search turns up the following from 2015:
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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
press Enter. Rename the "user" folder. Start OpenOffice.
A quick search on the forum would have found many replies dealing with
this problem.
Does this help? (Are you using MS Windows?)
On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, 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 invading peoples homes/machines with faulty/untested
software/updates
please advise how to fix this problem
Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
On 10/08/2016 16:24, Chris Addington wrote:
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 Addington Pr.Eng.
On 10/08/2016 15:32, Chris Addington wrote:
> hi brian
>
> thanx4that
>
> i subsequently uninstalled & reinstalled - spellcheck works but now have
> update message again (english spelling & hyphenation dictionaries &
> thesaurus version 2016.05.01) have ignored for now
>
> will try again later & restart machine
>
>
> thanxagainchris
>
> Chris Addington Pr.Eng.
>
> On 10/08/2016 13:58, Brian Barker wrote:
> > At 13:05 10/08/2016 +0100, you wrote:
> > > this morning (aug 10) i had a notice on openoffice text doc ...
> >
> > I'm not sure what sort of notices you might be receiving. Could this
> > be fake and a malicious attack?
> >
> > > ... of a new update (for dictionaries i think) ...
> >
> > If you only *think*, it may be difficult for anyone to help.
> >
> > > ... clicked update - spellcheck not working ...
> >
> > Are you sure? Some of those misspelled words may be correctly spelled
> > different words.
> >
> > > ... (again shows correct setting on bottom of screen (English (UK))
> >
> > That's not a global setting; it merely shows you the active language
> > at the insertion point. It tells you nothing about the language set
> > for your misspelled words. To see the language there, you need to
> > select the word or region of text before examining the indication in
> > the Status Bar. Alternatively, if all your text is the same language,
> > you could select it all and then set the language.
> >
> > o Have you restarted OpenOffice since the "update"? Have you restarted
> > your system?
> >
> > o Right-click in the text and go to Character... | Font | Language. Is
> > "English (UK)" preceded by the icon of a blue tick with the text
> > "ABC"? If not, you do not have a dictionary correctly installed.
> >
> > o If you have the English (UK) version of OpenOffice, you shouldn't
> > need an additional extension, as the dictionary you need is bundled
> > with the program.
> >
> > o You can go to Tools | Extension Manager... and see what is
> > installed. You can remove or disable items selectively there.
> >
> > o You can go to the web site and discover what versions are available.
> > You may be able to confirm what "update" you installed. You could
> > download the correct extension and install this in place of whatever
> > is causing you trouble.
> >
> > I trust this helps.
> >
> > Brian Barker - privately
> >
> >
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