On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:18:34 +0100 Allan Goffee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Rory > Many thanks. Sorry to sound a bit dim but I'm a geriatric who's just getting > to grips with light switches. What exactly would be my 'user profile'. Would > that be the name of the file that I'm having problems with? > Allan > > Sent from my iPad The user profile is the history of the settings used by OpenOffice and the dictionaries and other personal settings. If this becomes corrupt, or has not been set up correctly in the first place (for whatever reason) then strange things can happen in OpenOffice. When one deletes or renames the user folder a new one with standard settings is made next time OpenOffice starts up. Doing this delete or rename process cures many funny happenings with OpenOffice, and fixes a very large proportion of spellcheck problems. If you are using Windows, just follow the instructions below. > > > On 16 May 2015, at 15:46, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 16 May 2015 15:08:19 +0100 > > Allan Goffee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> I'm not too sure how all of this works but do I ask my question now? > >> I've just opened a rather large document that I've been working on all of > >> this year only to find that almost everything has the squiggly red line > >> under it as if it were all either a spelling or grammar mistake. Your > >> advice please. > > > > You should start by deleting or renaming your OpenOffice user profile. > > > > If you are using Windows do this by: > > Close OpenOffice and the Quickstarter. Open File Explorer. Copy and paste > > %appdata%\OpenOffice\4 in the File Explorer Address Bar and press Enter. > > Rename the "user" folder. Start OpenOffice. > > > > Details for other operating systems are given in > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426 > > > > -- > > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
