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Ubuntu 10.04 – OpenOffice 3.2 cannot Spell Check with Australian Default Locale

by James McDonald | May 9, 2010 | IT Tips

Despite the oo website saying that the Australian dictionary is include in OO 3.x.x I couldn't spell check my docs. The "Text Language" field of the OpenOffice Spell Checking dialog was missing. So I had to download the OpenOffice Australian Dictionary and install it...

Adding an Insert Picture from File Button to the Standard Toolbar in OpenOffice

by James McDonald | Jun 13, 2008 | IT Tips, Open Source Apps

I create a few how-to and step by step manuals for my users at work which include multiple screen shots. I do this using OpenOffice which has a handy export to PDF feature. However when trying to insert screen shots into a document it becomes very laborious to do...