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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Go into: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tools > Options > Language settings >
Writing aids >Openoffice.org Hunspell SpellChecker (make sure it is ticked)
> Edit</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind regards, James</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonathan@pcphix.com href="mailto:jonathan@pcphix.com">Jonathan
Young</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plug@plug.org.au
href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:01
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [plug] Spellchecking in
OpenOffice</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi All,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance. If I manage to solve this myself I
will be sure and post the answer as a reply.<BR><BR>Meantime... what do we
know?<BR><BR>
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<META content="Copyright 1997 to 2004 PC-PHIX" name=Copyright><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>Jonathan Young<BR>Director of PC-PHIX<BR><A
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href="mailto:jonathan@pcphix.com">jonathan@pcphix.com</A><BR><BR>Phone: 0410
455 674<BR>Web: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.pcphix.com/">http://www.pcphix.com/</A><BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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