spellcheck in openoffice not working

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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 12:33, Daniel Armstrong wrote:
> When I use Spellcheck in OpenOffice, it returns a message stating
> there are no errors in the text, even after I deliberately misspell
> words to check its functionality.

I've had this when I first tried to use EN_CA dictionary, rather than EN_US.  

Look in Tools >> Options >> Language Settings >> Languages

Under default "languages for documents" you should have English (Canada) 
selected in the "Western" row.  Does the selector have a little "ABC 
{checkmark}" icon on the left side?  If it does, the dictionary is installed 
and I don't know what problem you are having.  

If that icon is missing, you need to install the Canadian English dictionary.  
It is shipped separately.  Even though the language is listed.  I know.  
Nice.  

Get your dictionary here.  The automated dictionary wizard appears to be 
broken.  
http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/dictpack.html
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