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Open Office is driving me nuts!

Asked by Riverrun

When I go to Tools>Options>Language Settings>Writing Aids>Edit, I find that Africaans (Namibia) is selected by default and I want use English (UK) In order to take advantage of the Thesaurus and Spell Check. No matter how many times I change it, it resiles to Africaans; it's driving me nuts. How do I make English (UK) stick?

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Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza) said : 		#1

The dropdown menu you are changing is not a "setting". It is a display filter for the options below. The options below change the enabled modules and the order in which they are displayed/used.

If you want to change your default language settings for documents, spell checking, and UI... do so under the following section:

tools... options... Language Settings... Languages.

Adjust the "User Interface" and "Locale Settings" to English (UK). Also adjust the "Default Languages for documents" settings to English (UK).

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#2

Ok Gilbert. Thanks for the help. It's all working as advertised now. Mind you, the default Thesaurus is poor. I'll have to look for a better one. Thanks again and a happy New Year to you.

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Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza) said : 		#3

You are very welcome. Glad to have helped.