SPELL CHECK NOT WORKING

Hagar Delest · Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

It is included. But there have been recent posts about that. There may be a problem in the installation of this extension.
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Loafers · Newbie Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Posts: 3

detunedradio · Newbie Joined: 08 Apr 2010 Posts: 1

I had this problem the dictionary I had selected for the text english (NZ) did not have spellcheck capabilitoes, I changed this through tools>language>for all text, to english (UK) and spellcheck worked, seems only some dictionaries work with spellcheck

jrkrideau · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:15 am Post subject:

direct_edna · Newbie Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 1

Hagar de l'Est

One of your solutions that you posted in [Troubleshooting] Spell check in OOo 3.x.

is unclear - in the first instance where you claim the dictionary will show up in extension manager. There are no dictionary extensions at all showing in my extension manager but my spell check still works, showing at least 4 languages to choose from. Maybe because I am using ubuntu version? Shouldn't make a diff though.

I had the problem with spellcheck running but not catching mistakes and its still not clear what I did to fix it - a sign that ui design is un-obvious and un-intuitive .... and needs fixing.

When I tried to run spellcheck and it would whiz thru my doc without catching mistakes, I could see the language pulldown at the top of the dialog and it was blank - but the check would finish and close the dialog without allowing access to any settings so I could fix it. Now I am sure there is a programming reason for that but programming reasons don't trump good ui design. The spellcheck dialog would be an obvious place to allow users to set their language, especially when the dictionary is obviously available. Either that or make it obvious in the language options settings which settings apply to spell check and how - either thru a new control specifcally targeted to that or thru a bit of documentation that you don't have to go hunting for.

sherman3d · Newbie Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

Unfortunately, I also think that Open Office will not be comparable to Microsoft Office if basic usability issues, such as the default spell checker not being activated automatically, are not taken care of. Please note that most office productivity software users are not tech savvy (heck, I have a tough time teaching my parents how to use Open Office).Just my two cents. Thanks!

rwclark · Newbie Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

Hello All,

This seems to be a perennial complaint second only to the loss of dictionaries.

Having read all the "fixes" that refused to solve my problem, I came across this curious solution. It presumes you have made an inadvertent (or possibly you did it on purpose) change in the default paragraph style. Back your way out of that change (revert to the original default) and, instead, construct your own custom style.

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la0220 · Newbie Joined: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 1

I don't know much about how to get my software to work but once I installed the English dictionary spell check started working just fine for me.

stunz · Newbie Joined: 17 May 2011 Posts: 1

and this still doesn't seem to be resolved, nothing in this thread worked for me, but in the end Tools > language > For Selection > English (UK) seems to have made it work - has still taken a long time for something that should just work out of the box Confused

euzuro · Newbie Joined: 29 May 2011 Posts: 1

Clevername · Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 2

I've become somewhat frustrated with spellchecker. Although I figured out how to get it up and running, the damn thing shuts off once I create a new file. Is there any kind of permanent solution so that I don't have to fix this every time I open a new document?

keme · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:06 am Post subject:

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Ant1974 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2012 Posts: 1 Location: South Africa

Hi Hagar, This is Ant2012 - I had to re-register for some reason. My old username and password were no longer recognized. Thanks for helping me sort out my issues with the thesaurus, I now have a new problem the spell checker no longer works. It worked before I disabled the numerous unnecessary dictionaries - now it doesn't. It does not pick up errors while I type, or if I do a manual spell check. Can you help me please? My spelling isn't all that bad, but my typing is Question

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floris_v · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:44 pm Post subject:

Check out the new official community forum if you want to talk to hagar - he no longer visits this forum.
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