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ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Jon Kurz <we...@yahoo.com.INVALID>.
Dennis,
I think the Open Office spell check works. Why I think it does not is when I use F7 or high light the word the whole sentence appears - not just the word in question. When you move to the desired word all it says is word is not in the dictionary. This form of spell check is really useless/worthless.
I use to highlight the word or use F7 and if misspelled it would recommend a correct spelling for the word - which it no longer does. I did our family tree a couple years ago and this was not only a time saver but also really appreciated. Simply put - "How in the heck do I get this method of spell check back??" Yahoo mail highlights misspelled words, I cannot figure out why Open Office cannot.
Unrelated question: What app do you down load to be able to email "privately" ??
Jon
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:45 PM, Jon Kurz <we...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update. 2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP. 3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15. 4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done.
Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you.
Jon
At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.o Close OpenOffice.
o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the
System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit
or Quit or whatever.
o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\<login-name>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4
- where <login-name> is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note
that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have
to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in
yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and
Settings\<login-name>, then put the cursor into the Address bar above
the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data"
(no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse
to ...\OpenOffice\4.
o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual
profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.)
o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you.
On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <de...@acm.org> wrote:
My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked?
2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide
1. What kind of computer you are using.
2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.)
3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?
4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner?
There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup.
- Dennis
PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list.
The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jay [mailto:john.kurcz@frontier.com]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: westchicago@yahoo.com
Subject: ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
RE: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by "Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>.
Small correction:
C.8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data folder window, double-click on the "OpenOffice" folder. If you do not see such a folder, this is not the correct <user-id>. Go back to (6) and choose a different one and get back to here.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 18:47
To: 'users@openoffice.apache.org'
Subject: RE: ABC Spelling does not work
Thanks Jon,
Your information is very helpful. It shows where there needs to be more guidance on finding and resetting your user profile. A good solution would be a web page with images of the procedure to use with Windows XP.
Let's see if I can explain it with text first.
A. PREVENTING OPENOFFICE RUNNING IN BACKGROUND
OpenOffice might be configured so that it runs in the background when you start up your machine. You need to disable that in order to change settings. You can decide, later, if there is any difference in start-up performance and enable it again.
This can be handled in OpenOffice itself.
1. Start OpenOffice from the Start Button | All Programs menu of Windows XP. Don't attempt to open any documents.
2. On the Apache OpenOffice 4 dashboard window, go to the top menu strip below the window title and select Tools > Options. Under the OpenOffice entry, select Memory. In the right-hand pane of the "Options - OpenOffice - Memory" window, remove any check for "OpenOffice Quickstarter" so that it does not "Load OpenOffice during system start-up." Then click OK.
3. Now close OpenOffice, close any other applications, and restart Windows.
This will give you more resources when not using OpenOffice, although starting up OpenOffice the first time when you've just restarted may take a bit longer.
B. FINDING YOUR USER NAME
1. When you start up Windows XP, do you have a screen that says,
"To begin, click your user name"
or that directly opens a little window to Type your password?
The "user name" that is shown is usually what is meant by "login name".
If you don't have a password set on your computer, we will have to find out the user name a different way, such as
2. On Windows XP, when you bring up the Start menu, using the Start button on the task bar at the bottom of the Windows XP desktop, you will see your "user name" at the top of the menu of programs and features that pops up. (You can actually have a different user name that what is shown. I am betting that is not the case for your Windows setup.)
C. RESETTING YOUR APACHE OPENOFFICE USER PROFILE
1. From the Start button menu that comes up, click "My Computer"
2. When the My Computer window comes up, find the Hard Disk Drives entry and double-click on Local Disk (C:).
3. In the C:\ window that comes up, double-click on the folder "Documents and Settings".
4. In the C:\Documents and Settings window that comes up, you should see an "All Users" folder and a "Default User" folder, among others.
5. If you do not see a "Default User" folder, perform this procedure.
a. On the C:\Documents and Settings window, click "Tools" on the menu strip just below the title of the window.
b. Then click "Folder options ..."
c. on the Folder Options panel that opens up, click the "View" tab.
d. On the advanced settings list, make sure the following are checked or clicked:
i. Check "Display the full path in the title bar"
ii. Set "Show hidden files and folders" under "Hidden files and folders"
iii. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types."
e. Now click the "Apply to All Folders" at the top of the View tab.
f. Then click "OK" on the Folder Options panel.
6. Beside the (faint) Default User folder and the All Users Folder on the
C:\Documents and Settings window, you should also see a one or more folders that are for user accounts. Open the one that is for the user name you are using. We'll call that <user-id>.
7. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id> folder window, double-click on the faint "Application Data" folder.
8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data folder window, double-click on the "OpenOffice" folder. If you do not see such a folder, this is not the correct <user-id>. Go back to (6) and choose a different one and get back to here.
9. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data\OpenOffice folder window, double-click on the folder named "4". If there is no such folder, you are not using Apache OpenOffice 4.x. I assume that is what you have below.
10. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 folder window, delete the folder named "user". Right click on the folder icon, then click Delete on the little pop-down menu that appears.
11. Close all of these windows that are still open and now start OpenOffice using the Start button or whatever other method you use to initiate Apache OpenOffice usage.
There should be a prize for this. The best prize would be to provide an automated option to perform this using OpenOffice itself. I hope to see that given a priority, although I can't promise that there will be improvement soon.
Please report whether this solved your problem and any adjustments you had to make for the above procedures to work.
We are in your debt.
- Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Kurz [mailto:westchicago@yahoo.com.INVALID]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 16:45
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.
1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update.
2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP.
3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15.
4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done.
Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you.
Jon
At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.
o Close OpenOffice.
o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the
System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit
or Quit or whatever.
o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\<login-name>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4
- where <login-name> is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note
that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have
to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in
yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and
Settings\<login-name>, then put the cursor into the Address bar above
the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data"
(no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse
to ...\OpenOffice\4.
o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual
profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.)
o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you.
On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <de...@acm.org> wrote:
My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked?
2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide
1. What kind of computer you are using.
2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.)
3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?
4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner?
There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup.
- Dennis
PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list.
The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jay [mailto:john.kurcz@frontier.com]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: westchicago@yahoo.com
Subject: ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
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RE: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by "Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>.
Thanks Jon,
Your information is very helpful. It shows where there needs to be more guidance on finding and resetting your user profile. A good solution would be a web page with images of the procedure to use with Windows XP.
Let's see if I can explain it with text first.
A. PREVENTING OPENOFFICE RUNNING IN BACKGROUND
OpenOffice might be configured so that it runs in the background when you start up your machine. You need to disable that in order to change settings. You can decide, later, if there is any difference in start-up performance and enable it again.
This can be handled in OpenOffice itself.
1. Start OpenOffice from the Start Button | All Programs menu of Windows XP. Don't attempt to open any documents.
2. On the Apache OpenOffice 4 dashboard window, go to the top menu strip below the window title and select Tools > Options. Under the OpenOffice entry, select Memory. In the right-hand pane of the "Options - OpenOffice - Memory" window, remove any check for "OpenOffice Quickstarter" so that it does not "Load OpenOffice during system start-up." Then click OK.
3. Now close OpenOffice, close any other applications, and restart Windows.
This will give you more resources when not using OpenOffice, although starting up OpenOffice the first time when you've just restarted may take a bit longer.
B. FINDING YOUR USER NAME
1. When you start up Windows XP, do you have a screen that says,
"To begin, click your user name"
or that directly opens a little window to Type your password?
The "user name" that is shown is usually what is meant by "login name".
If you don't have a password set on your computer, we will have to find out the user name a different way, such as
2. On Windows XP, when you bring up the Start menu, using the Start button on the task bar at the bottom of the Windows XP desktop, you will see your "user name" at the top of the menu of programs and features that pops up. (You can actually have a different user name that what is shown. I am betting that is not the case for your Windows setup.)
C. RESETTING YOUR APACHE OPENOFFICE USER PROFILE
1. From the Start button menu that comes up, click "My Computer"
2. When the My Computer window comes up, find the Hard Disk Drives entry and double-click on Local Disk (C:).
3. In the C:\ window that comes up, double-click on the folder "Documents and Settings".
4. In the C:\Documents and Settings window that comes up, you should see an "All Users" folder and a "Default User" folder, among others.
5. If you do not see a "Default User" folder, perform this procedure.
a. On the C:\Documents and Settings window, click "Tools" on the menu strip just below the title of the window.
b. Then click "Folder options ..."
c. on the Folder Options panel that opens up, click the "View" tab.
d. On the advanced settings list, make sure the following are checked or clicked:
i. Check "Display the full path in the title bar"
ii. Set "Show hidden files and folders" under "Hidden files and folders"
iii. Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types."
e. Now click the "Apply to All Folders" at the top of the View tab.
f. Then click "OK" on the Folder Options panel.
6. Beside the (faint) Default User folder and the All Users Folder on the
C:\Documents and Settings window, you should also see a one or more folders that are for user accounts. Open the one that is for the user name you are using. We'll call that <user-id>.
7. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id> folder window, double-click on the faint "Application Data" folder.
8. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id> folder window, double-click on the "OpenOffice" folder. If you do not see such a folder, this is not the correct <user-id>. Go back to (6) and choose a different one and get back to here.
9. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data\OpenOffice folder window, double-click on the folder named "4". If there is no such folder, you are not using Apache OpenOffice 4.x. I assume that is what you have below.
10. In the C:\Documents and Settings\<user-id>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4 folder window, delete the folder named "user". Right click on the folder icon, then click Delete on the little pop-down menu that appears.
11. Close all of these windows that are still open and now start OpenOffice using the Start button or whatever other method you use to initiate Apache OpenOffice usage.
There should be a prize for this. The best prize would be to provide an automated option to perform this using OpenOffice itself. I hope to see that given a priority, although I can't promise that there will be improvement soon.
Please report whether this solved your problem and any adjustments you had to make for the above procedures to work.
We are in your debt.
- Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Kurz [mailto:westchicago@yahoo.com.INVALID]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 16:45
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.
1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update.
2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP.
3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15.
4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done.
Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you.
Jon
At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.
o Close OpenOffice.
o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the
System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit
or Quit or whatever.
o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\<login-name>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4
- where <login-name> is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note
that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have
to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in
yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and
Settings\<login-name>, then put the cursor into the Address bar above
the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data"
(no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse
to ...\OpenOffice\4.
o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual
profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.)
o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you.
On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <de...@acm.org> wrote:
My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked?
2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide
1. What kind of computer you are using.
2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.)
3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?
4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner?
There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup.
- Dennis
PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list.
The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jay [mailto:john.kurcz@frontier.com]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: westchicago@yahoo.com
Subject: ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
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Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Jon Kurz <we...@yahoo.com.INVALID>.
Dennis,Sorry for the delayed respond to your email.1) The ABC tool bar buttons were working up to about 1 1/2 years ago. I assume this problem started after an update. 2) I have a HP computer about 10 years old and I am using Windows XP. 3) As far as I know I have added no writing tools. I am using the English version - Open Office 4.1..1 (en-US) installation files, modified 1/30/15. 4) As far as I know/remember all the original options are still installed and no customizing done.
Thanks for the respond. Any more question feel free to ask. Looking forward to working with you.
Jon
At one time I was advised to do the following to correct the problem - - I have no idea what a login name is or remember the name used 10+ years ago to log into windows. I guess, in honesty, I have no idea how to proceed to solve my problem with these instructions. I am a simple hands on person, not a computer guru.o Close OpenOffice.
o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. Find its icon in the
System Tray (bottom right of screen), right-click it, and select Exit
or Quit or whatever.
o (Outside OpenOffice) go to "My Documents" (Windows Explorer) and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\<login-name>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4
- where <login-name> is the name you use to log in to Windows. Note
that "Application Data" is a hidden folder, so you will either have
to enable the display of hidden folders or else type the name in
yourself. One simple way is to get as far as C:\Documents and
Settings\<login-name>, then put the cursor into the Address bar above
the list at the end of the current display, type "\Application Data"
(no quotes) and press Enter. Then you can easily continue to browse
to ...\OpenOffice\4.
o Rename the "user" folder you find there (which contains the actual
profile) in order to disable it. (Alternatively, you could just delete it.)
o Restart OpenOffice, which should create a clean copy of the profile for you.
On Friday, January 30, 2015 1:20 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <de...@acm.org> wrote:
My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked?
2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide
1. What kind of computer you are using.
2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.)
3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?
4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner?
There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup.
- Dennis
PS: You have reached a public mailing list on which volunteers contribute to questions from other users like themselves. For any follow-up, please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org where expert users can offer further advice and others can learn the solutions to problems. Advisors on this list do not promise to respond to questions sent directly to their email addresses. To observe questions and solutions posted to the list, you are welcome to subscribe to users@openoffice.apache.org by sending an e-mail with any subject to users-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org from the mail account where you wish to receive posts made to the list.
The OpenOffice Forums have an extensive knowledge base at https://forum.openoffice.org/ that you can browse through as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jay [mailto:john.kurcz@frontier.com]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 08:31
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: westchicago@yahoo.com
Subject: ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
RE: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by "Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>.
My understanding of your report is that the ABC toolbar buttons and the F7 function key in OpenOffice Writer do not accomplish what you expect.
1. Is it correct that these operations were successful at one time in the past and that since you have been updating, they no longer work? Or has it never worked?
2. Apache OpenOffice works on many different products and operating systems. Please provide
1. What kind of computer you are using.
2. What the operating system and version are (e.g., Windows XP, Windows 8.1, Macintosh OSX, etc.)
3. Have you added any writing tools (grammar checker, spell checker) other than those that are installed with your version of Apache OpenOffice? Are you using the English version of Apache OpenOffice?
4. When you install Apache OpenOffice do you accept the options that are provided during installation and not change anything? Or do you customize the installation in some manner?
There is a common technique that often works. It is called resetting the user profile. That will have Apache OpenOffice "rediscover" the dictionaries and other settings. It is sort of a power-user thing. If you provide the information requested above, we can give you specific steps for doing that on your particular setup.
- Dennis
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Subject: ABC Spelling does not work
"HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
John Jay
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Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Wade Smart <wa...@gmail.com>.
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
> On 1/30/2015 11:31 AM, John Jay wrote:
>>
>> "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been
>> repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have
>> 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not
>> work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling
>> check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
>>
>> I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and
>> understandable directions.
>>
>> This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to
>> know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru
>> would not understand.
>>
>> John Jay
>
>
> Hey John,
>
> I just turned 80 today (yea for me, never thought I'd make it).
>
> What do you mean by "ABC"? is that some sort or an app? The only thing I'm
> aware of on AOO is under Options -> Check Spelling. When all the words are
> underlined in red, it can mean a mismatch in your dictionary, but usually it
> means that you need to delete or rename your user profile. If I recall
> correctly, you need to do this with AOO closed, otherwise it will recreate
> it in its current form as it closes. If you delete it while AOO is closed,
> when you reopen AOO it will recreate the file from scratch. You will then
> need to re-enter some basic information, but your dictionary should then
> function properly.
>
> Dale Erwin
>
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Top of the application, right of the printer icons you see ABC.
Its the spell check. He apparently is having trouble with it working.
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Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org>.
On 1/30/2015 11:31 AM, John Jay wrote:
> "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
>
> I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
>
> This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
>
> John Jay
Hey John,
I just turned 80 today (yea for me, never thought I'd make it).
What do you mean by "ABC"? is that some sort or an app? The only thing
I'm aware of on AOO is under Options -> Check Spelling. When all the
words are underlined in red, it can mean a mismatch in your dictionary,
but usually it means that you need to delete or rename your user
profile. If I recall correctly, you need to do this with AOO closed,
otherwise it will recreate it in its current form as it closes. If you
delete it while AOO is closed, when you reopen AOO it will recreate the
file from scratch. You will then need to re-enter some basic
information, but your dictionary should then function properly.
Dale Erwin
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Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by "Keith N. McKenna" <ke...@comcast.net>.
John Jay wrote:
> "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have
> been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no
> avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the
> update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled
> word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in
> under line the whole page.
>
> I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and
> understandable directions.
>
> This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems
> to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a
> computer guru would not understand.
>
> John Jay
>
John;
This is usually caused by corruption in the User Profile and can be
fixed by resetting the Profile. For details on doing this see the
following tutorial in the User Forum:
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403.
Regards
Keith
Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Don Daugherty <dd...@sunflower.com>.
On 1/30/2015 10:31 AM, John Jay wrote:
> "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
>
> I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
>
> This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
>
> John Jay
I'm a year short of 80 myself. What is "ABC Spelling & Grammar"? i/s
/that something you're seeing in Apache Open Office Writer? Where? I
don't find it under Tools, and I don't find it in Help.
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Re: ABC Spelling does not work
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
All,
This problem comes up quite often and has all to do with the user profile.
I was checking the bugs database and found a related bug 120463
<https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120463> this bug has only
priority 3 and no votes.
If all of you login to the bug database and vote we will get less
support request on this email list.
On 31/01/2015 3:31 AM, John Jay wrote:
> "HELP PLEASE" My ABC Spelling and Grammer "DOES NOT WORK". I have been repeatedly trying to get help to correct the problem to no avail. I have 4.1.0.last updated 1/29/15. It did not work before the update and does not work after, F7 shows F7 next to the mis-spelled word. ABC auto spelling check does not work either, all it does in under line the whole page.
>
> I am in my 80's, and not a computer guru so PLEASE simple and understandable directions.
>
> This is not my first request for this ABC help - to date no one seems to know what to do in simple terms. All I ever get is an answer a computer guru would not understand.
>
> John Jay