Hi Manfred, Thanks a lot for your quick response!! So I've tried as best as I can to replicate what you've suggested. Unfortunately, I can't seem to make the fat check mark appear anywhere. For example, post-restart, I see under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_00.png Under Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids I see: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_01.png and http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3920136/picture_02.png In no case can I make this fat check mark appear. Again, it's as though the extension is "broken". If you have the time to forward some more ideas, I would be grateful!! Thanks, Christian -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Spell-checker-breaks-in-Windows-XP-LO-3-5-2-tp3919812p3920136.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted