<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Glad to hear it worked. I haven't yet used the dictionary - I only checked it was all there when I got your message :-) Unfortunately, file compatibility is still not there in OO so I have to use Word for complex documents. Otherwise everytime I work collaboratively on a doc with others at work (who use word) the formatting gets worse and worse. This is impossible when working on later drafts of docs :-( <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards Russell ================== <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.windsorcycles.com.au">www.windsorcycles.com.au</a> bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </pre> rwabel wrote: <blockquote cite="midrwabel.1o4zwy@gs1.ubuntuforums.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Russell Cook Wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Where are you? I'm using the USA English maybe you don't have the correct languages set up???? I have both Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing Aids the OpenOffice.org New Thesaurus activated. And Tools-> Language -> Hyphenation active. Sorry as it just worked for me I don't know what to suggest. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> thanks for the information. Indeed I had choosen the wrong language by default. I achieved now to install german dictionaries. Don't know much about the qualilty of the english dictionary, but in german they are IMHO miles away from the microsoft ones. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>