Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker?

On 09/08/2011 07:47 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> >       I've been unable to install spell checkers with LibreOffice under
> > Windows 7.
> >
> >       Tools ->  Options ->  Language Settings ->  Writing Aids" shows NO
> > available language modules.  "Tools ->  Extension Manager" produced a list of
> > 43 available extensions.  I select one and click Add.  This opens a window
> > indicating it wants a file with extension .oxt, .uno.pkg, or .zip, and I
> > can't find any such that seems to fit.
> The Extension Manager shows the *installed/(added)* extensions.
> You don't need to install the extensions once again.
>
> >       Suggestions?  This is under Windows 7 with LibreOffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.3.
> >   I both cases, I installed the companion
> > LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe /
> > LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe.  ("Control Panel ->  Programs and
> > Features" shows both LibreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.4 Help Pack
> > (English).
> A first workaround:
> spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339
>
> More detailed:
> Bug 37195 - Dictionary access lost after LibO upgrade
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195
>
> Good luck
> mjk

The only things I get in that "language modules" is Hunspell - which is 
part of Ubuntu
and the extras I install, like
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/add-ons-extensions/LanguageTool-1.2.oxt
plus the extras, like dictionaries, I installed after I installed the LO 
package.

Until the LO extension system is finished, try installing some helpful 
extensions from this page.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html

Language Tool, Writer's Tools, Writer Extras, Pagination, etc., are the 
one I would start with.  You should see Language Tool in that "language 
module" section.  Also, any grammar checkers installed should show up there.

This page
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/dictionary.html
has many dictionaries, thesauruses, and other similar writing aids.

For English, I would start with the one listed as:  "English Dictionary 
- modified from the original version".  That has a both the dictionaries 
and thesauruses for US English, plus some GB English.

As for the workaround in the "nabble" link, for Linux, I tend to delete 
first the hidden folder of ".libreoffice" and see if that fixes the 
problems.  When you restart LO, that folder will be recreated with all 
your new defaults.  If that does not fix the problem, then I go deeper.  
It usually works for me.


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