Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't get spell check to work.

--- On Sun, 5/1/11, Jean-Francois Nifenecker <jean-francois.nifenecker@laposte.net> wrote:

> *this* is strange. Are you sure you have set the correct
> dictionary? Is it listed in the extensions thingy (Tools
> /Extensions manager)? If not, you've won the right for a
> reinstall... :)

The top entry in the extension manager is "English spelling
and hyphenation dictionaries and thesaurus 2010.03.16".

> This is the auto-complete process at work (Tools /
> Autocomplete menu), not the language tool.

OK.

> What is the language displayed in Format / Character,
> Font thumbnail, Language?

A-HA! On the working machine (mine), it is "English (USA)".
On one of the non-working machines (can't check the other
one right now), it is "English (New Zealand)" (notably
with no "ABC" and the check mark to the left of it). You
are a genius.  :)

That does lead me to ask a couple of (probably stupid)
questions. In Format / Character, what is the difference
(meaning in the format of the characters that go into the
document) between English (New Zealand) and say English
(Australia) (two countries quite close culturally with
few if any differences in language use and spelling)?

Obviously, there are some differences between the U.S.
spelling of certain words, and spelling of the same words
in other (English language countries), though I really
don't know anything about the differences between Canada
spelling and U.K. spelling and South Africa spelling and
Australia spelling. So what should I tell the other users
to do?

1. Just set the language to English (Australia), which
they won't like, but that's too bad? :)

2. Is there actually a New Zealand dictionary for them
to download and install?

3. Is there some way of telling the spell checker to
use English (Australia) with the document language set
to English (New Zealand)?

Any one of those will at least get spell check working.

Thank you again for your help.

Nuzhna

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