Open Office Writer will NOT double-space lines; WHY?

Please tell
How you try to set double space...?

Select text->right click->select paragraph and set double space...?

Thank you

    Yes, I've done all that until I'm blue in the face, or whatever.
    It STILL won't hold the setting - goes to some kind of triple or
    multiple spacing. Have re-booted several times, to no avail. And a
    non-working spellcheck is just NOT ON.
    But thanks for the prompt ack.

    wordsmyth

marcobra wrote:
> Your question #41765 on openoffice.org in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/41765
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra requested for more information:
> Please tell
> How you try to set double space...?
>
> Select text->right click->select paragraph and set double space...?
>
> Thank you
>
>

Please tell which release of Ubuntu and OpenOffice are you using...?

Thank you

    Thank for the prompt response.
    I'm using the latest Hardy Heron 8.4 with the Open Office.org suite
    as supplied & have worked through all previous suggestions to solve
    this bug, without success. I like everything about Ubuntu EXCEPT
    this problem with OfficeWriter. Never experienced similar problem
    with Microsoft, just up-and-away and no worries....

    Regards,

    Lee Harding

marcobra wrote:
> Your question #41765 on openoffice.org in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/41765
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra requested for more information:
> Please tell which release of Ubuntu and OpenOffice are you using...?
>
> Thank you
>
>

Did the advice for spell check help?

The double spacing problem is very odd. What style is showing in the format box in the Formatting tool bar. Is it 'Default'. If it is, press F11 to get the Styles and Formatting dialog, right click on Default, select Modify, select the Indents & Spacing tab and check the Line Spacing there. Is it Single? If it is not, then change it to Single.

        Thanks again for your prompt response to my problem. It is
        unprecedented in my experience with other sites and Linux
        clearly has a committed Support team. Happy to report problem
        solved with the space, re your advice. But the spellcheck
        problem remains. It will neither Autocheck copy nor F7 check,
        yet when I go to Writing Aids I find Hunspell & etc all marked
        as installed. Now, if only this problem can be solved I'll be a
        blissfully happy Linux user! I should add that I have Linux Mint
        installed on another computer and have the same problem there
        with the Spellcheck. So it goes ...

        Thanks again,

        Lee Harding

        P.S. The Spellcheck in Abiword works PERFECTLY, but I prefer
        Open Office if the problem can be fixed. And incidentally, I've
        downloaded and re-installed the Open Office Suite twice, with
        the same result ...on BOTH machines.

    Tony Pursell wrote:

> Your question #41765 on openoffice.org in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/41765
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Tony Pursell requested for more information:
> Did the advice for spell check help?
>
> The double spacing problem is very odd. What style is showing in the
> format box in the Formatting tool bar. Is it 'Default'. If it is,
> press F11 to get the Styles and Formatting dialog, right click on
> Default, select Modify, select the Indents & Spacing tab and check the
> Line Spacing there. Is it Single? If it is not, then change it to
> Single.
>
>

I'm glad the spacing problem is solved.

Turning to spell check again. Go to in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. Under 'Default languages for documents' do you have a language selected for 'Western', or is it 'None'?

You have to have a language selected for spell check to work.

Tony

    Hi Tony - again !

    Done! Success! Problem was : English Australia is not supported,
    even though it's on the list. I switched to English U.K. and voila!
    The Spellcheck works! I trust this omission will soon be fixed, for
    the sake of our colloquials. Also, it would be helpful if an error
    message replaced SPELLCHECK COMPLETED when the wrong language has
    been selected .....

    One last request: I've tried many solutions, but could you please
    explain how I can get CONSECUTIVE PAGE NUMBERING in Footer?
    So far, though I always mark the page position numbering on the
    RIGHT, it appears on the LEFT of the page. And when I try entering
    consecutive numbering via FIELDS, I always get Number 1...

     Thanks again for your time and patience with this novice Linux
    user. And my heartiest congratulations to the support team at Launchpad.

    Cheers,

        Lee Harding

Tony Pursell wrote:
> Your question #41765 on openoffice.org in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+question/41765
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Tony Pursell requested for more information:
> I'm glad the spacing problem is solved.
>
> Turning to spell check again. Go to in Tools > Options > Language
> Settings > Languages. Under 'Default languages for documents' do you
> have a language selected for 'Western', or is it 'None'?
>
> You have to have a language selected for spell check to work.
>
> Tony
>
>

Thank you for your congratulations to us at the Ubuntu support team. They are very much appreciated. Did you know that we are all volunteers?

Please can you post the question about Page numbering as a separate issue and mark this one as 'Solved'.

Tony

Thanks Tony Pursell, that solved my question.