[Solved] Spellcheck nonfunctional (no underlining, document

[themohawkninja]

Hello,

I started a new ODT file and have found that the spellcheck is not underlining clearly misspelled words. I have another ODT file up which does have words underlined in red.

Autospellcheck is enabled.
I have already rebuild my user profile.
I have attempted the fixes outlined in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guid ... penoffice/

Any ideas?

Thank you,

[robleyd]

Maybe a language setting specific to that document? Have a look at:

[Troubleshooting] Spell check in OpenOffice.
[Tutorial] Spell check and Language configuration

[John_Ha]

Tools > Language > For all text ... Now set a language. Make sure you set it in your Default Template so all new documents pick it up.

If you don't set a language AOO does not know which dictionary to use!

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[RoryOF]

When you have the file in question open in OO Writer, look at the centre of the Status Bar (bottom bar of OO Window; you may need to activate /View /Status bar to see this). In the centre it should show the language OO thinks the text is written in. If this is "None", you should set a language as John_Ha recommends.

[John_Ha]

Rory

Good thought!

@:themohawkninja

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

[themohawkninja]

Maybe a language setting specific to that document? Have a look at:

[Troubleshooting] Spell check in OpenOffice.
[Tutorial] Spell check and Language configuration

Step 3 on that first link turned out to be it!

Seems kinda overly-complicated that there are so many places in the program that can cause something as fundamentally important as a spellcheck to stop working.