As I covered in my Fixing invalid dictionary entries in Firefox tutorial, entering invalid entries into the dictionary of your favorite spell check program is actually more common than most people realize. Hence why I've been researching ways in which to fix these when it comes to the various programs I use.Today, our victim of opportunity is: Open Office 3!And just like with Firefox, Open Office 3 has a custom user dictionary file that keeps you from corrupting or wrecking the default spell check dictionary included with the program, while storing your custom word spellings. To find it, simply go to: /home/{username}/.openoffice.org/3/user/wordbook/ In there you will find a file called "standard.dic". It should, in theory anyways, be the only one in there. If you have several different dictionaries, you might have more than one in here. If that's true, you'll need to open up each one with a text editor to find the offending party. Warning: These are dual mode ascii and binary files, so DO NOT edit them.And since these files are dual mode, there's only one solution to resolving invalid entries in the spell check dictionary: Deleting that file.Yeah, it's a bit of a drastic solution, but right now I can't find any way to actually edit the file and make changes short of whipping out the ever venerable hex editor, and I don't recommend that. So, to fix invalid spell check dictionary entries in Open Office 3 (IE, the ones created by you, not the ones that may already exist in the dictionary file), simply move the "standard.dic" file to another location on your hard drive.This creates both a backup, and a blank slate for your spell checker. If you already had valid entries in there, you'll need to add those back, but if not, then you're all set.
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