[libreoffice-users] Again, reports of LibO AutoSpellcheck not working after updates.

Hi everyone,

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Earlier, there were reports of problems with AutoSpellcheck not working
after the update to LibO 3.5.0,
relating Dutch language and also relating British English, and I guess other
languages as well.

See
"LibO 3.5.0 Writer - AutoSpellcheck doesn't work for Dutch language"
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibO-3-5-0-Writer-AutoSpellcheck-doesn-t-work-for-Dutch-language-td3745292.html

I guessed that issue would've been fixed after that, but with later updates
I noticed quite some reports of the same issue.
There were reports of that same issue after the LibO 3.5.2 to 3.5.3 update,
and with the LibO 3.5.3 to 3.5.4 update there were still reports of problems
with Dutch AutoSpellcheck not working, and also one report for a problem
with British English (English GB).

A quick fix for AutoSpellcheck is the reinstallation of the concerning
dictionary extension.
But of course this doesn't take away the course of the problem, which is
unknown.
I thought my earlier post "LibO 3.5.0 Writer - AutoSpellcheck doesn't work
for Dutch language" would've helped, but I guess it wasn't picked up by the
folks that resolve such kind of issues.

What is the best way to ensure that this problem will be picked up and can
be resolved?

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Dictionaries to be installed for a quick fix for AutoSpellcheck can be found
at
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html
e.g., for Dutch that is the "Dutch spelling and hyphenation Dictionary".
Alternatively, the Dutch dictionary can also be found at the source,
OpenTaal,
http://www.opentaal.org/bestanden
choose "Woordenlijst v 2.10g voor OpenOffice",
or the previous version 2.00g, via "Archief voor oude spellingbestanden",
"Woordenlijst v 2.00g voor OpenOffice".

@ krackedpress
(administrator for that Dictionary Page of the North America LibreOffice
Community, if I'm not mistaken)
Have you noticed that there's a new "Dutch spelling and hyphenation
Dictionary" file available from OpenTaal?
While the previous version 2.00g is the file nl-dict-v2.00g.oxt
the new version 2.10g is the file OpenTaal-210G-LO.oxt
(I guess LO for LibreOffice?)

Also @ krackedpress,
Would you happen to know what British English dictionary is the one that is
installed with LibreOffice as the default English GB dictionary?
Is that the 98k, 217k, 390k, or the 638k kpp British English dictionary?

And also @ krackedpress,
Here's another interesting issue:
When downloading a dictionary extension ("Dutch spelling and hyphenation
Dictionary", or one of the British English dictionaries)
from http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html
using Opera (11.64 or 12.00) or Opera Next (all recent builds), the download
doesn't produce an .oxt-file, as it should, but a zip-file, that after
unzipping doesn't show an .oxt-file, but instead a strange set of files
without any .oxt-file.
This was reported by a person using Opera/ Opera Next on Windows 7 Home
Premium SP1.
I can't tell if the problem is in Opera, or may be in the Dictionary Page.
With Safari the .oxt-file download is as it should be,
and also, on my own computer, using IE9, the download is fine as well.

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Documenting the AutoSpellcheck problem,
here's one case of a user mentioning the AutoSpellcheck problems, related to
the LibO 3.5.3 to 3.5.4 update.
OS is Windows 7 Home Premium SP1.

LibO AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language worked fine with LibO version 3.5.3.
LibO AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language did no longer work after updating
3.5.3 to 3.5.4.
The user tried to repair LibO by using the LibO installer, but that didn't
work.
He reversed to LibreOffice 3.5.3 (using a FarStone RestoreIT restore point),
after which the LibO 3.5.3 AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language was working
correctly.

While back to 3.5.3, with AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language working
correctly, and while experimenting with the "Dutch spelling and hyphenation
Dictionary" download, that dictionary was unintentionally installed. This
hadn't been necessary, but it did no harm either.

After that, LibO 3.5.3 was updated to 3.5.4 (using the same LibO main
installer and Dutch helppack as with the earlier attempt) and now the
AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language is working correctly, while after the
earlier try it was not.
It's hard to tell whether the AutoSpellcheck problem didn't occur because
the dictionary was installed in 3.5.3 prior to updating to 3.5.4, or that
this was not a relevant factor but that the installation results may not be
stable, with occasional Dictionary extension failure.

Now, with AutoSpellcheck for Dutch language working correctly, the user
found out that AutoSpellcheck didn't work for British English.
English GB was not offered for AutoSpellcheck and not checked under Tools,
Options, Language Settings, Languages, Default languages for documents.
So I guess this English GB dictionary extension had got missing also,
somehow.
It was the first time the user tried AutoSpellcheck for English GB, so
there's no telling whether the problem arose from the update to 3.5.4 or
whether it originated from an earlier update.  
Reinstallation of an English GB dictionary extension fixed the problem, for
now.
However, the cause of the problem is unknown, as it was with the other and
earlier cases.



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Best regards,

Spiff





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