spell checking

[andremangan at gmail.com]

That was a very handy reference to make Open Office open faster.  It works.
Thank you.

Re your spell-checking, that needs to be enabled with a tick in Language
Settings, Writing Aids.

Cheers,
Andre



On 28/12/2007, Todd <todd at nodaleks.com> wrote:
>
> I found that I always seem to have to use the wizard first to get the
> spell checker working:
>
> File>Wizards>Install New Dictionaries
>
> The following is a very handy link if you wish to make OO load faster:
>
> http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/28209/How_to_make_OpenOffice_run_faster_in_Ubuntu
>
> Cheers
> Todd
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> > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:03:08 +1000
> > From: James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com>
> > Subject: win xp fineprint printer share
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> > Hi Guys
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> > Anyone know how to share a fineprint printer from a win xp system? For
> those
> > not familiar with fineprint, it's a driver that allows for such things
> as
> > printing multiple pages to a single paper page. It's a go between for
> windows
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> > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:26:42 +1000
> > From: Chris Jones <chrisjones at comcen.com.au>
> > Subject: Re: Spellcheck
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:17:11 +1100
> >> From: david <daljo at gotalk.net.au>
> >> Subject: Spellcheck
> >> To: "ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Message-ID: <1198653431.7487.6.camel at david-desktop>
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> >> Hi all i am having trouble with spell check again
> >>
> >> I'm using ubuntu 7.1 open office.
> >> when I click on spell check it asks go to begining of doc -I click yes
> >> and it says spell check is complete but it has not checked the doc.
> >> I recall some issues with the installation of the language packaging
> but
> >> cant remember how to fix it . any help is of assistance. thanks,
> >> regards
> >> David
> >> PS spelling is being checked in evolution.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Verify that you have aspell and its english component installed.
> > I had to manually install them as they weren't installed by default.
> >
> > In a terminal type:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install aspell aspell-en
> >
> > Then OpenOffice.org and click on Tools > Options > Language Settings >
> > Languages. And under "Default Languages for Documents" section, select
> > your desired English language whilst making sure it has a 'ABC' icon
> > next to the language.
> > Note: The 'ABC' icon means that there is a dictionary installed for this
> > language.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
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