[plug] Spellchecking in OpenOffice

[James Elliott]

Go into: 

Tools > Options > Language settings > Writing aids >Openoffice.org Hunspell SpellChecker (make sure it is ticked) > Edit

and make sure that under the heading: "Spelling";  the Openoffice.org Hunspell SpellChecker check box is ticked, and, of course, that the English(Australia) dictionary is selected.

When I upgraded to the latest version my Hunspell check box was not checked and my spell checker would let everything through, even thought the Australian Dictionary was selected - now it works fine.

Kind regards,  James
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathan Young 
  To: plug at plug.org.au 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:01 AM
  Subject: [plug] Spellchecking in OpenOffice


  Hi All,

  At home I use OpenOffice.org 2.0 as an affordable alternative to Microsoft's Office Suite.  It does the job quite nicely and as an IT professional it is great to have experience in both suites to pass on to my clients.  I take documents home sometimes, work on them from there and email them back to work.  The compatibility OpenOffice provides is excellent and the interface, as most can attest, is almost identical.

  However, I have to say that Word consistently does a better job of correcting my spelling than Writer does.  What gives?  I am generally pretty good in the grammar and spelling departments so it doesn't worry me too much.  I also proof read my work - which helps!  I would really like to improve Writers spell checking ability though.  Is it a matter of turning on some extra options that are off by default or is there more to it than that?

  My quick work around is to cut and paste a section of text into Thunderbird, correct it and then drop it back into my document, but seriously... shouldn't Writer be able to handle this.  We're talking about really basic misspellings.  For instance, Writer will let me get away with "experence" and "instuctions" while Thunderbird is flagging those two instances already.  Apart from the real basics, it just doesn't seem to be paying attention.  I have the Australian English language options selected.

  I have checked through the help and options, but I am yet to search online.  Admittedly I am looking for the quick fix, but I have better things to do (like writing documents and checking the actual content!) than go hunting for the solution online.  Anyone else come across this problem or the solution?

  Thanks in advance.  If I manage to solve this myself I will be sure and post the answer as a reply.

  Meantime... what do we know?


  -- 
  Jonathan Young
  Director of PC-PHIX
  jonathan at pcphix.com

  Phone: 0410 455 674
  Web: http://www.pcphix.com/




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