[plug] Spellchecking in OpenOffice

[Jonathan Young]

Turns out I was actually using the English UK that came with OpenOffice 
2.0 so then I tried selecting the English USA instead.  All the tick 
boxes are there - makes no odds.  So next I downloaded some specific 
Australian English dictionaries.  No change.  You can type anything you 
like and it lets it through.  It says it is doing a check, but when you 
run Spellcheck it immediately comes back with no errors found no matter 
what you type.

Anyone had anything similar??  I just don't have time this week to go 
hunting and testing.  I might tackle it this weekend instead since it is 
not urgent.  Any other suggestions are most welcome though!!

- Jonathan


James Elliott wrote:
> 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 <mailto:jonathan at pcphix.com>
>     *To:* plug at plug.org.au <mailto: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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Jonathan Young
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