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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.<br>
<br>
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!!<br>
<br>
- Jonathan<br>
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James Elliott wrote:
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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>
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<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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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>
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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>
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