Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with spellcheck

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 15:15, Andrew McLean wrote:
> On 28/02/2011 12:41, Sigrid Carrera wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:22:02 +0000 am577 wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed Libreoffice 3.3.1 on Windows 7, and I still have a
> > > problem which was there with OpenOffice:
> > >
> > > 1. Spellchecking usually does nothing. It says 'spellcheck complete'
> > >     but it hasn't actually checked anything.
> > > 2. On a few documents, it works OK i.e. it is to do with a document
> > > setting, but I
> > >     can't spot any difference between the option settings in the
> > > documents.
> >
> > [...] go to "Tools>  Options>  Language" there you can set the UI
> > language as well as the default language used in your documents. Check that
> > everything is set to your preferred language. [...]
> Thanks
> Spellcheck for English UK. The required dictionary IS installed - or it
> wouldn't work for the documents where it does work.
> I believe that the problem is that for most of my documents the 'Text
> Language' is not set.
> When I spellcheck and it doesn't do anything, I can see that behind the DB
> which says '"The spell check is complete. OK" is another DB titled
> "Spelling:[None]" which then says "Text language" and the drop-down
> field next to that is blank. I can't use that DB to change this setting
> because when I click on "OK" both
> DB's disappear. For the document where spellchecking works, the "Text
> Language" field is set to English UK.
> So I need to know how to change the "Text Language" field for a document
> where it is blank, and to
> ensure that new documents also have the correct setting.
> Advice welcome !

Please have a look at:

Documentation | OOo3 User Guides | Writer Guide
Chapter 3: Working with Text
Using language tools

<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Language_tools>

HTH
mjk

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