OpenOffice : why spellcheck doesn't work ?

[NoOp]

On 05/23/2008 04:42 AM, Clayton wrote:
>> I setup the 'Tools - Options - Language settings - Writing aids' and activate
>> all options (user-defined dictionaries ..etc.. are all activated).
>> Language setup is correct,
>> but none errors are detected, as typing or by request.
>>
>> What's wrong ?
>> How to activate spell-check (manual or auto) ?
>> I use OpenOffice v2.4.
> 
> OpenOffice.org is a style based Office tool.. this means that the
> languages also need to be set on the paragraph style level.
> 
> See here for a good explanation of how it all works:
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67
> 
> C.
> 

And to add to Clayton's excellent link:

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries

I also recommend opening Synaptic (System|Administration|Synaptic...)
and search on: openoffice.org and then myspell (and then French if that
is your language). There you will find multiple dictionaries, help
documents that do not get installed automatically, language
translations, etc. As a minimum, install the myspell-<language> and OOo
help files for the language(s) that you use. I'd also add Hunspell as well.