HELP - Spellchecker problem in Office97 imported docs?

Bentley

Hello All,
I am puzzled how to set the correct spelling language in the imported document?
Even OpenOffice is set to default lingo Australia it insists to spell US on this imported document?

Any way to change that?

Shocked

Dale · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

Imported documents probably already have their language set, and you will have to change that to Oz. Have a look in this thread, follow the links and you'll get pretty close to covering everywhere that a document's/paragraph's/character's language can be set.

Do you have the Australian dictionary installed (is there a tick - spellcheck icon - next to the entry in the Default Language box)?

If not
File > Wizards > Install New Dictionary
and do the obvious (I hope it's obvious) - you will need to be hooked up to the net to download the dictionary file(s).
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Bentley · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject:

we're talking here just about an Office97 doc problem - anything else with newly created OO docs works fine and as expected even spellchecking in different lingos.

however, the imported/opened Word97 doc shows up (in OO) with all settings correctly on Australian, even spellchecker is on Australian english, but spelling "errors" (australian english) suggest US words as replacements?

wth

Shocked

Dale · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:

Interesting - and odd. I cannot reproduce the problem here (Word97, OOo 2.0.1, Win NT4) - and I'm not terribly knowledgeable in this area. If you were to upload an example document to a publicly available host (like www.mytempdir.com - or any other) then I or someone else can look to see if we can find a possilbe cause.
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Bentley · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

Ok, here the link to Copy of Notes Carnivale2.odt:
http://www.mytempdir.com/841243

This is a Word97 doc (australian spell checker) saved as odt but still spellchecker suggests US replacements on the first page but the second page suggests correctly Australian? Heck, I tested a bit and it's definitely odd since not all Word97 docs are affected - some spell ok in OOffice, others spell US for whatever reason. No idea so far what's going on.

Hagar Delest · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject:

I cannot access your document (firm firewall) but have you tried to select the whole content (CTRL + A) and set the language to Australian English ? Perhaps there is a special style in the first page only that kept the language to US English ?
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Bentley · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject:

Yes, Hagar, tried even this but it is not really neccessary since it is already on Australian English.

No, there are no special formattings/styles in that/any doc at all..it's dead simple Smile

We don't need to work with the US spell checker - therefore we never us it

Hagar Delest · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:46 am Post subject:

Then, you can desactivate the US package in the dictionary.lst file.
See here for example : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=40462
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Bentley · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:08 am Post subject:

it's not a real problem to me but u got my document and it may help u to look into that problem instead of suggesting me to uninstall the problem, right?!

don't sell yourself cheaper than u are

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Rolling Eyes

jrkrideau · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:45 am Post subject:

Hagar Delest · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:37 am Post subject:

I proposed this because :

DiGro · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:28 am Post subject:

Have to comply with Hagar en jrk....

Two different languages have been used in the .doc. In this case English (Australia) and
English (US).

Checking with Australian will mark the "wrong" items ( yes, I'm Dutch, sometimes can't
tell the difference between them English languages) referring to the American parts of the text. For the Australian spellchecker these text might as well be in Dutch since he doesn't need to check them, he's just for the Australian words..

Follow the suggestion of jrkrideau and make all your text at least one language or install the English US-dictionary as well and select "Check in all languages" which will also reduce your marked "wrongs"
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Bentley · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject:

Hagar Delest · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

I'm quite surprised because this is what I suggested :

Bentley · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

Don't feel sad, Hagar, the other post was more precise and on the spot!
I do appreciate ALL feedback!

Steve