Spell check worked a year ago but confused as to why it stopped. The extension manager shows the spelling dictionary that is enabled. But when I run spellcheck document with known miss spelled words, the spellcheck popup dialog box does not look like it sees a dictionary. On the top left it shows, "Spelling: [none}". It finds nothing that is incorrectly spelled. The text language is blank. And on top is a small dialog box saying that it has completed. I have selected "English(USA)" for the language but the check only momentarily exists until I attempt another spellcheck. That would imply it cannot select English because it cannot read the dictionary.
added: 16/04/30
The extensions manager shows a single english spelling dictionary, English Spelling and Hyphenation Dictionaries and Thesaurus, enabled. The misbehavior occurs whether the dictionary is updated or not (there was an dictionary update available).
I have tried renaming %AppData%\openoffice\4\user then restarting openoffice. Still no misspelled words are found. But thanks for the suggestion. I really appreciate any suggestions you give.
Bill, how do you tell which language variants are available? I assumed that all the variants listed after loading the dictionary were available.