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My spell-checker does not seem to work?
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My spell-checker does not seem to work?
Choose Format->Character. On the Font tab and make sure there is the little ABC✓ check mark in front of the language (meaning the dictionary is installed). If not, you've to download it (run the wizard).
If the paragraph style is not Default, check the latter also to cascade the language to the whole document.

