Spell check a MS document

[darren]

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Which version of OpenOffice.org are you using? 2.3
What Operating System (version) are you using? windows home edition 2003
What is your question or comment? I transfered files from my old system with MS Windows Office to the Openoffice Writer program. But now the spell check will not work at all. I have checked the survival guide and cannot see anything that corresponds. What do I do?

[kabing]

OpenOffice.org probably doesn't know what language your MS documents are in. This is a frequent problem with MS Word files. To check and see if this is the issue, select a paragraph or so of text. Under the Format menu, go to Character; in the window that opens, click on the Font tab. What is the language dropdown set to? If it is not set correctly, try setting it to the right language. Does spell check work properly in this part of your document?

In the end, the best way to solve this issue is to edit the applied styles in the document, so they are set to the correct language. You can select all and reset the language as I suggested in the test above, but that may create styling problems later on.

kabing.

[Hagar Delest]

For further information, see here: [Tutorial] Spell check and Language configuration.

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