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JosephS 09-08-2011 12:05 AM
How to get spellchecker working in Openoffice?
 
Using Debian Squeeze
Openoffice 3

I can't get the spellchecker working. I have hunspell checked in tools > options > language settings > writing aids. I have hunspell, libhunspell-1.2-0,hunspell-en-ca installed. I tried to install hunspell-en-us, but it was conflicting with myspell.

Is there some other packages I need to install or another program that is installed for squeeze to use for spellchecking?

Thanks

Bruce Hill 09-08-2011 05:29 AM
You need java if you don't have it. Also, consider moving from OpenOracleOffice to LibreOffice.

JosephS 09-08-2011 11:47 AM
I have Java installed. I wrote a new document today and the spellchecker worked, but it doesn't work on documents I made a few days ago; it doesn't pick out the mistakes. If I copy and paste into a new document the spellchecker will work on it. A bit tedious. What would be the reason for this?

I'll take a look at LibreOffice. Is it similar to OpenOffice?


Thanks

Bruce Hill 09-08-2011 03:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JosephS (Post 4466468)
I have Java installed. I wrote a new document today and the spellchecker worked, but it doesn't work on documents I made a few days ago; it doesn't pick out the mistakes. If I copy and paste into a new document the spellchecker will work on it. A bit tedious. What would be the reason for this?
Don't know what might be causing that ... maybe you should check to
see what is different between the files?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JosephS (Post 4466468)
I'll take a look at LibreOffice. Is it similar to OpenOffice?


Thanks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice


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