Issue 125406

Summary:	dictionary
Product:	Writer	Reporter:	Joe Stokes <Justcalljoe>
Component:	editing	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description Joe Stokes 2014-08-11 13:31:39 UTC

cannot install a dictionary (English) for --- spell checking.   Have tried everything, we think, that your help items suggest.  Lost dictionary when upgraded to this version of word processor.  thank you.  best of luck.  great program.  we donate.

Comment 1 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2014-08-11 21:25:47 UTC

Shutdown OpenOffice, including the system tray icon, and locate the OpenOffice user profile, then remove the folders named "extensions" and "uno_packages".

On WinXP the user profile is located in

 C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\OpenOffice\4\user

You can find more information here: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 121930 ***