How do I Change the Default Spellcheck Language in Open Office?

Open Office's default spellcheck language can be changed to recognize different languages.

Open Office is a productivity suite of applications that allows users to create text documents, presentations, spreadsheets, drawings and databases. In each application, Open Office automatically checks the spelling of entered text. Users wishing to create documents in languages other than English can change the default language so that the system will not unnecessarily mark correctly spelled words. Open Office includes a simple procedure for changing the default language for the entire document.

Instructions

1. Start the Open Office application by clicking "Start," "Programs," "Open Office" and opening the relevant application, such as "Writer."

2. Click "Tools," "Language," "All Text" and select the language applicable to the document.

3. Click "More" if the relevant language does not appear in the drop-down menu.

4. Save the document. Any spelling errors due to the language difference should be removed. If not, save the file and restart the program. Follow the procedure above to ensure that the language was successfully changed.

References

• OpenOffice.orgNinja: New Ways to Select Language for Spell Check