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nilith

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Registered: 2011-08-20

Posts: 2

[SOLVED]LibreOffice changed language, can't turn back to english.

Hi, so I installed LibreOffice about two weeks ago and it has worked just fine and dandy until today when I tried opening a Microsoft Word document, it loaded but the workspace was black with white letters and it's Afrikaans or something similar, my question is if there's a surefire way to change it back to english? I already tried uninstalling/reinstalling but had no luck with that, even if I open other documents or start a new one it's in that same strange configuration, could anyone help me with this, please?

Last edited by nilith (2011-08-27 00:19:12)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED]LibreOffice changed language, can't turn back to english.

Sure fire (I think):
Exit Libreoffice, kill the ~/.libreoffice/3 directory, and restart Libreoffice.  I'd suggest renaming it or moving it so you can but it back if you change your mind.  Note that a new ~/.libreoffice/3 will be created when you start Libreoffice.

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bernarcher

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Registered: 2009-02-17

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Re: [SOLVED]LibreOffice changed language, can't turn back to english.

kill the ~/.libreoffice/3 directory

Sure? It is ~/.config/.libreoffice/3 here.

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED]LibreOffice changed language, can't turn back to english.

No, I'm not sure.  I've both. 

It looks like ~/.libreoffice has an older date with a group called aurbuild.  I'll bet that is old and stale.

My money is on the one in ~/.config.  But, I have to be up in 5 hours, so I'll not be analyzing that just now.

Good night (And Guten Morgen to you)  I leave the forums in your hands.

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nilith

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Registered: 2011-08-20

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Re: [SOLVED]LibreOffice changed language, can't turn back to english.

Wow, I don't know how or why, but I uninstalled LibreOffice, then the next day after a fresh reboot reinstalled it and it changed back to english !
Still, thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question, if this happens again I'll make sure to try out your suggestion.