[Solved] Spell Checker

Discuss setup / installation issues - Add a spell checker, Language pack?
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ihcameron
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[Solved] Spell Checker

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How do I activate a spell checker. When using any part of Open Office all words are considered to be incorrectly spelt
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Open Office 4.1 on Windows 10
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Re: Spell Checker

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The quick cure for this is to rename the OpenOffice user profile.

As you are using Windows close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. Open File
Explorer. Copy and paste %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File Explorer (sometimes called Windows Explorer)
Address Bar and press Enter. Rename the "user" folder - "user.old" is a
good choice. Start OpenOffice.

This cures most spellcheck problems, which show up as all (or mostly) red lines.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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Re: Spell Checker

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That's fixed it - many thanks
Open Office 4.1 on Windows 10
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