Ok. The setting in KControl was the same as for Kate and KWord.

Kate gives the same error as KWord.

I have found that I do not have "kspell" - is that a problem?

Anyway, the command-line aspell finally gave me the clue I
needed. There was a file called .aspell.english.pws on my home
directory which was 0 bytes in size.

aspell gave the error:
The file "/home/xxx/.aspell.english.pws" is not in the proper
format.

I then deleted it and suddenly KWord's spell checker worked
again!

Rob


 --- Nicolas Goutte <nicog@snafu.de> wrote: > Even at your
second message, I have still no idea but as
> nobody has stepped 
> up, let's go:
> 
> - Do other KDE applications (for example Kate) still work with
> the spell 
> checker?
> 
> - Is the configuration of the spell checker in KWord still the
> same as in 
> KControl (KDE's Control Center)?
> 
> - If you call the spellchecker directly (with a text file),
> does the spell 
> checker work?
> 
> I hope that I could help you a little.
> 
> Have a nice day/evening/night!
> 
> On Dienstag, 27. August 2002 21:24, Hairysocks wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm using KWord 1.2 rc1 (was using Beta 2 when this problem
> > started), on KDE 3.0.2, on RH 7.1 with kernel 2.4.18.
> >
> > I have been using KWord for a while for a big dissertation
> I'm
> > doing , and found its great. The spell checker was working
> and
> > then last week it suddenly couldn't be found by KWord.
> >
> > The message suggested ISpell wasn't in my PATH. I checked,
> and
> > found it is, and aspell is also in my PATH. The actual
> message
> > is:
> >
> > ISpell could not be started.
> >
> > Please make sure you have ISpell properly configured and in
> your
> > PATH.
> >
> > I quick test on the command-line running "ispell -v" gives
> this:
> >
> > @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell
> > .33.7.1 alpha)
> >
> > So why can't kword find ISpell or ASpell for spell checking?
> > What could I have done to stop it working? I can't remember
> > doing anything that should have affected it - except maybe
> > just looking at the settings for spell checking in the
> Configure
> > KWord menu option.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
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