Activate spelling check in OpenOffice 2.4
For some weird reason, activating the spellcheck on OpenOffice 2.4 seems to be more challenging than it should, and since I just got it working in Ubuntu Hardy Heron, I thougth I should post the solution here:
- Go to Tools > Options…
OpenOffice tools menu with options entry highlighted
- Select Language Settings > Writing Aids and click on the Edit… button
Writing aids dialogue with edit button highlighted
- Check the boxes for the Spelling and Thresaurus modules. This will enable the spellcheck for the language in the Language field, so you should repeat this process with each of the languages you want to use.
Language module editing dialogue with spelling and thesaurus entries highlighted
- You should now see the spellcheck symbol beside your chosen language in the language settings dialogue at Tools > Options… > Language Settings > Language. Enjoy!
Language settings dialogue with spellcheck symbol highlighted
Fantastic -I have tried to activate the speling check many times without any success. However part of my problem is that I have been trying to use English (Australia) Dictionary. This doesn’t have the Spell Check Icon – is this necessary before such a Dictionary can be selected or does it imply that the associated dictionary has been selected. Thanks and kind regards
The spell check icon has to be there in order to enable spell check with the selected language pack… some languages don’t support spell check or you may have to look for the complete language pack elsewhere.
If you didn’t manage to activate spell checker or you language isn’t presented in the vocabulary you can still use online spellcheckers, like this one: http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/
You need to copy and paste text but it is better than nothing.