OpenOffice - Getting Spellcheck to work properly.

You may find that when you initially try OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) that the SpellCheck feature doesn't work properly. This is because the necessary dictionaries were not installed. You can install them by:

1. Open OpenOffice Writer
2. Open the file in your OpenOffice directory /share/dict/ooo/DicOOo
3. Click on the button that says 'Start DicOOo'
4. Follow the wizard to download the appropriate dictionaries.

Note: OpenOffice recommends only downloading the bare minimum number of dictionaries for performance reasons.