Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 121205
Download open office does not include english dictionary
Last modified: 2017-05-20 09:44:27 UTC
On opening a word processor document this morning [12th October 2012] all words were underlined as needing spell checking. Never happened before. After going through the 'trouble shooting' recommendations, I found that the only dictionary that was showing in the extensions was French! I uninstalled Open Office and downloaded the up-to-date version from the website. The new download does not appear to include the English dictionary. I tried to install 'dict-en.oxt' and recieved the message: C:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\openoffice\3\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\sv7m04y.tmp\dict-en.oxt does not exist. Has the download been corrupted at your end, or is there a problem with my computer?
(In reply to comment #0) > On opening a word processor document this morning [12th October 2012] all > words were underlined as needing spell checking. Never happened before. > After going through the 'trouble shooting' recommendations, I found that the > only dictionary that was showing in the extensions was French! > I uninstalled Open Office and downloaded the up-to-date version from the > website. The new download does not appear to include the English dictionary. > I tried to install 'dict-en.oxt' and recieved the message: C:\documents and > settings\administrator\application > data\openoffice\3\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\sv7m04y.tmp\dict-en. > oxt does not exist. > > Has the download been corrupted at your end, or is there a problem with my > computer? There is a bug with the dictionaries (they are extensions, and are installed in your user profile). See http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.1.html#AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues "Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 manage the user profile differently than previous versions. The old user profile is automatically converted so that users can keep their extensions and settings. In a minority of cases, especially with highly customized profiles (many extensions or customizations) the conversion doesn't succeed. Common symptoms are: frequent application crashes, problems with dictionaries or thesaurus, OpenOffice starting and crashing after a few seconds. To solve this, just reset/rename your user profile as explained in the official OpenOffice forum. http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426" If you don't want to remove the whole OpenOffice user profile, located at C:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\openoffice\3\user you may try to shutdown OO, including the system tray quick starter, and simply remove the folders C:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\openoffice\3\user\uno_packages C:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\openoffice\3\user\extensions Note that should have only one English-US dictionary installed.
can not find any of those links, copy and pasted them into the search and it said that windows can not find them, check spelling and try again.
(In reply to comment #2) > can not find any of those links, copy and pasted them into the search and it > said that windows can not find them, check spelling and try again. which links are you talking about? The following? http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.1.html#AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426
dont worry after several attempts to find a solution I fixed it properly, I deleted OOO and went to a another product that works perfectly and without all this hastle.
(In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > On opening a word processor document this morning [12th October 2012] all > > words were underlined as needing spell checking. Never happened before. > > After going through the 'trouble shooting' recommendations, I found that the > > only dictionary that was showing in the extensions was French! > > I uninstalled Open Office and downloaded the up-to-date version from the > > website. The new download does not appear to include the English dictionary. > > I tried to install 'dict-en.oxt' and recieved the message: C:\documents and > > settings\administrator\application > > data\openoffice\3\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\sv7m04y.tmp\dict-en. > > oxt does not exist. > > > > Has the download been corrupted at your end, or is there a problem with my > > computer? > > There is a bug with the dictionaries (they are extensions, and are installed > in your user profile). See > http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.1.html#AOO3.4. > 1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues > > "Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 manage the user profile differently than > previous versions. The old user profile is automatically converted so that > users can keep their extensions and settings. In a minority of cases, > especially with highly customized profiles (many extensions or > customizations) the conversion doesn't succeed. Common symptoms are: > frequent application crashes, problems with dictionaries or thesaurus, > OpenOffice starting and crashing after a few seconds. To solve this, just > reset/rename your user profile as explained in the official OpenOffice > forum. http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426" > > If you don't want to remove the whole OpenOffice user profile, located at > C:\documents and settings\administrator\application data\openoffice\3\user > > you may try to shutdown OO, including the system tray quick starter, and > simply remove the folders > > C:\documents and settings\administrator\application > data\openoffice\3\user\uno_packages > C:\documents and settings\administrator\application > data\openoffice\3\user\extensions > > Note that should have only one English-US dictionary installed. this indeed solves bug 121661
*** Issue 120643 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 120454 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 122646 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
What?? Is there some way I can use the statement you provided? I see that OpenOffice that I have does indeed say that it has installed on it an English Dictionary?? So what exactly am I suppose to do with this zero response of zero help?
I modifyy OS due to DUPs
Not reproducible. Closing as obsolete.
Marking as dup. in order to unify all the bugs about spell checking not working *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 121930 ***
The pathways to the user profiles and extensions are not valid for windows 7.
(In reply to Robert Gonko from comment #13) > The pathways to the user profiles and extensions are not valid for windows 7. The path on Comment 1 are an answer to the Description made by the original reporter, so don't take the advice literally and please read the Forum link in Comment 1 in order to find the path in your system http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426 It should be something like C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\OpenOffice\4\user replace <user name> with your Windows login name.