Using Spellcheck in NeoOffice

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N.B. This article covers the steps required to activate writing tools in NeoOffice 3.0 Early Access and later; for the steps to use in NeoOffice 2.x, see Activating Dictionaries and Configuring Spellcheck in NeoOffice 2.x instead.

NeoOffice will correctly configure your preferences to use the language tools (spell check, thesaurus, etc.) for the language that is set as the default in the System Preferences when you launch NeoOffice, provided you have the appropriate writing tools installed.

Note that all the writing tools (dictionary, thesaurus, hyphenation) may not be available for all languages; some languages may have only one (usually the dictionary), and some may not have any tools at all.

If you want the NeoOffice user interface (and in some cases the Help) to be in your native language, you must install the appropriate language pack separately; see Changing the Language of the User Interface for more information.

Contents 1 Activating the Writing Tools for Your Preferred Language 1.1 Note for users of non-US or non-UK English (and possibly other languages with regional variants) 2 Enabling Writing Tools for Additional Languages 3 Disabling Writing Aids for Languages that aren't Needed 4 Changing the language of the NeoOffice user interface

Activating the Writing Tools for Your Preferred Language

NeoOffice 3.x will automatically use the native Mac OS X spelling dictionaries if they match the language of the text to be checked. See Issues with Locale Variants of Languages below for more details.

Note for users of non-US or non-UK English (and possibly other languages with regional variants)

The language tools system in NeoOffice 3.x does not map other English variants to the US or UK English tools; you must install the dictionary, etc., for your language to have working writing tools.

Enabling Writing Tools for Additional Languages

To install and activate writing tools for additional languages in NeoOffice, simply repeat the steps in the previous section for any additional languages you wish to use.

Disabling Writing Aids for Languages that aren't Needed

1. Under the NeoOffice menu choose Preferences.
2. In the dialog that appears, doulbe click on Language Settings
3. Cllick on Writing Aids
4. In the panel that appears, highlight (but don't uncheck) NeoOffice Mac OS X Spellcheck with Hunspell and click the Edit button to the right of the this item.
5. In the dialog that appears, select a language from the drop down list and uncheck NeoOffice Mac OS X Spellcheck with Hunspell.
6. Repeat this step for all languages that you want to disable and click Close when you are finished.
7. To save your changes, click OK and the dialog will close.

Changing the language of the NeoOffice user interface

NeoOffice uses the topmost language in the list in the International pane of the System Preferences to determine the interface language. For details on using an interface language other than the one specified in the System Preferences, consult Changing the Language of the User Interface.