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In the menu bar you can activate AutoSpellCheck (the '''ABC'''-Button or using '''F7'''). Any misspelled words will appear underlined in red. Lots of these words are in fact not necessarily misspelled, the programme simply does not have them in its dictionary. To add an unknown word to the standard dictionary right-click it and choose '''Add › Standard.dic'''. You can edit the standard.dic with an ordinary editor, adding one new entry per line. After restarting OpenOffice standard.dic updates itself and becomes available with the added entries.
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In the menu bar you can activate AutoSpellCheck by pressing the '''ABC'''-Button ('''F7'''). Any unknown words will appear underlined in red. To add an unknown word to the standard dictionary right-click it and choose '''Add › standard.dic'''. So over time the programme will increase its vocabulary – providing you are always using the same computer of course.
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You can edit the '''standard.dic''' manually under '''Tools › Options › Language settings › Writing aids'''. In the window '''User-defined dictionaries''' choose '''Edit'''. Type in a new word and confirm by pressing '''New'''.
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The language in use is defined in the paragraph style under the tab Font. So a text containing several languages can be spell checked providing you have the appropriate dictionaries installed. You can download extra languagepacks from '''openoffice.org'''.
 
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In the menu bar you can activate AutoSpellCheck by pressing the ABC-Button (F7). Any unknown words will appear underlined in red. To add an unknown word to the standard dictionary right-click it and choose Add › standard.dic. So over time the programme will increase its vocabulary – providing you are always using the same computer of course.

You can edit the standard.dic manually under Tools › Options › Language settings › Writing aids. In the window User-defined dictionaries choose Edit. Type in a new word and confirm by pressing New.

The language in use is defined in the paragraph style under the tab Font. So a text containing several languages can be spell checked providing you have the appropriate dictionaries installed. You can download extra languagepacks from openoffice.org.


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