OpenOffice Spellchecker Not Working

for the current document
Format -> Character -> Font tab -> select a language with a tick mark
as default
Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages -> select a language with a tick mark.
new documents will now use the spellchecker for that languages. :D
Spellcheckers for Tagalog and other languages
from: http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq/ar01s05.html#SPELLCHECKER