[Solved] Spellcheck won't work

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Cyla
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[Solved] Spellcheck won't work

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All of a sudden my spellcheck doesn't work. It never finds any spelling or grammar errors. I'm guessing there's some setting somewhere, but not a clue. I've tried troubleshooting but I'm pretty much struggle. (over 60). thanks for help.
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Re: spellcheck won't work

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Start by renaming your OpenOffice user profile.

If 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.
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Cyla
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Re: spellcheck won't work

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Thanks so much. That was prompt : ) I'll wait to try it until tonight so my in-house computer consultant can translate what you've said. LOL.
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Re: Spellcheck won't work

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Bingo. Thanks so much.
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