Issue 99129 - "Check Spelling as you Type" is complaining about all words
Summary: "Check Spelling as you Type" is complaining about all words
Status: CLOSED IRREPRODUCIBLE
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: viewing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.0.1
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: writerneedsconfirm
QA Contact: issues@sw
URL: http://www.arno.com/ooSpelling.jpg
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-02-11 18:59 UTC by craigarno
Modified: 2009-02-16 09:02 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

See Also:
Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---


Attachments
Screen capture (232.37 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-02-11 19:00 UTC, craigarno
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Capture of Edit Modules Dialog (21.86 KB, image/gif)
2009-02-12 17:11 UTC, craigarno
no flags Details
As requested - example document (33.48 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2009-02-12 17:15 UTC, craigarno
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Description craigarno 2009-02-11 18:59:14 UTC
I installed Open Office 3.0.1 for Windows under MS Windows XP SP2 and "Check
Spelling as you Type" is flagging nearly all words in the document (See screen
capture at the URL above).  I've uninstalled and reinstalled oo3.0.1 on this
machine and this behavior remains (I also use the OpenSUSE Linux version 3.0.0,
which works perfectly for me).

I looked through the FAQ and Knowledge base and can't find a similar problem
other than a very general "Spell Check doesn't work".  I verified the
Format->Character... dialog does have the "ABC English (USA)" under "Language".

I believe something didn't install or configure correctly in my installation,
but I haven't been able to find or resolve this issue yet.

Anyone wishing to discuss or help resolve this issue with me is free to contact
me at craig@arno.com or 1(206)203-5630.  I'm in the PST timezone (currently GMT-8)

Thanks for a great product!
Comment 1 craigarno 2009-02-11 19:00:48 UTC
Created attachment 60108 [details]
Screen capture
Comment 2 thomas.lange 2009-02-12 10:28:24 UTC
tl->craigarno: Please attach the document itself to this issue.
Also it might be helpful if you open the dialog "Tools/Options - Language
Settings - Writing Aids", press the top-right "Edit" button, select "English
(USA)" and then attach a screen shot of that "Edit Modules" dialog as well.
Thanks!
Comment 3 craigarno 2009-02-12 17:11:54 UTC
Created attachment 60129 [details]
Capture of Edit Modules Dialog
Comment 4 craigarno 2009-02-12 17:15:32 UTC
Created attachment 60130 [details]
As requested - example document
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2009-02-12 22:02:22 UTC
At the moment, I can only imagine, that there is a problem with your installation.
The document is correctly processed by the spell checker and marks unly unknown
words.
Did you already try to uninstall OOo re-install?
Comment 6 craigarno 2009-02-12 22:07:07 UTC
Yes, the second sentence in my original posting says, "I've uninstalled and
reinstalled oo3.0.1 on this machine..."
Comment 7 thomas.lange 2009-02-13 08:44:29 UTC
tl->craigarno: what OS are you using? And where did your OOo installation set
come from?

Right now I can only advise that you look for a file named "Linguistic.xcu" in
your user profile and delete that file. It will be recreated on the next start.
Maybe that file is corrupted or still holds some data from an older installation.
On Windows boxes that file can usually be found in 
"C:\Documents and Settings\_your_user_name_\Application
Data\StarOffice9\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Linguistic.xcu"

The only other thing I can think of is that either your dictionary content is
wrong or the dictionaries are misconfigured.

You may also try to download and install one of the following dictionary
extensions (namely if your Office installation was not directly obtained from
the OpenOffice.org website):
  http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/en_US-dict
  http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/en_GB-oed
After the installation you need to restart the office in order for things to
work. Also you must have disabled the quick starter to get a real restart.

Comment 8 craigarno 2009-02-14 19:42:01 UTC
Thanks TL!

I stepped through your list and the line to reinstall en_US-dict solved the
issue.  I have no idea why this wasn't installed correctly the first time.  I
don't recall seeing any errors or warnings during installation.  My computer has
been through several "updates" since OO_1.x, so maybe something was left.  I
performed some cleanup while trying to resolve this issue, and OO 3.0.1 is now
working again!

Issue resolved/fixed.

So I'm marking it as resolved.

Thanks again!  Yahoo!!!
Comment 9 craigarno 2009-02-14 19:51:31 UTC
Since I was asked...

  OS: Windows XP Professional v2002 SP2
  OO: Downloaded all versions used to date from www.openoffice.org

I knew something was wrong with this installation because OO works fine on my
other Windows and Linux machines.  Great product BTW!
Comment 10 stefan.baltzer 2009-02-16 09:01:05 UTC
SBA-> craigarno: Thank you for investigating and solving this.
Just for the record: this was no defect that got fixed by change of code. 
So "fixed" is not correct as this one is a "not reproducible/worksforme" thingie.
-> Must tox wit hte tracker to close with correct status in several steps. :-(
Reopened.
Comment 11 stefan.baltzer 2009-02-16 09:01:59 UTC
Set to "worksforme"
Comment 12 stefan.baltzer 2009-02-16 09:02:41 UTC
Closing issue.