Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

Tom Davies <tomdavies04 -AT- yahoo.co.uk>
Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:11:30 +0100 (BST)

Hi :)
Would you like someone to access your machine remotely and fix LO for you to make it all better?  

I have installed LO on several Win7 machines but you are right, i do avoid using Win7.  I've never 
had any trouble with LO on it when i do use it.  Installs have been very smooth and it's all gone 
really well.  People use those machine and even use LO with no troubles whatsoever.  It's not clear 
why you can't perform simple tasks that everyone else seems to manage.  

The best way would be to start the remote desktop thing and save the little file it gives you.  
Then attach that file to a private email, not to the whole list!  In the email itself give the code 
that they set in the little pop-up box.  Copy&paste works.  

You can probably work out why we try to avoid doing this sort of thing!  We prefer it if users can 
start to learn how to think for themselves so they can help their friends / colleagues directly 
without needing to take up a lot of other people's time on technical support.  

Unfortunately that does mean the person has to think a little bit sometimes (which can be 
dangerous).  Since you are having so much trouble with that it looks like remote assistance might 
be about your only hope unless you take your machine to a shop.  

It sounds like you have tried to install Win7 yourself and not yet finished all the dreary nonsense 
to finish the process.  A shop might be able to finish the process or perhaps revert to Vista.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Sat, 13/10/12, Robert Burns <joyseyhere@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Robert Burns <joyseyhere@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .
To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>, "Tom Davies" 
<tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Saturday, 13 October, 2012, 2:42

     You've lost me on this e mail its to weird you aren t on track 

--- On Fri, 10/12/12, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .
To: "Lostsoul" <joyseyhere@yahoo.com>, "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:34 AM




Hi :)
I think what i would be tempted to do at this stage, since you have put so much time&effort in is 
to resize the Win7 partition to around 30-50Gb and then get an Ubuntu Cd and install Ubuntu on 
however much space you have left (assuming you have over 15Gb to spare).  Ubuntu comes with tons of 
programs already installed so it very usable right from the start.  
http://www.ubuntu.com/
The download button is halfway down the left side, just under the title "Rock Solid".  


Windows is a Pita to install.  I think probably a lot of people on this list share your pain as 
there are probably a lot us here that have had to try it too.  With hindsight i think it's usually 
best to stick with whatever is already on the machine but just shrink the partition as small as 
reasonably possible and then use the rest of the space for the new install of whatever.  

Win7 is great once it's installed and got all the programs but it sounds like yours has something 
wrong with it, or with the LO install or something.  Like i say it is a total pain to install.  


Not that once you have created the Ubuntu Cd you can boot-up straight from the Cd without even 
installing it so you can test-drive the look&feel of Ubuntu.  We call it a "Live Cd session".  You 
can make a Usb one which is a lot faster but people often still call it LiveCd even if it's Usb.  
Regards from
Tom :)  












From: Lostsoul <joyseyhere@yahoo.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 16:10
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .

OHHH my to much to do wonder if its worth it i miss vista everything worked like a charm first must 
re install the newest biggest version; so much bloody crap to install - and i openned not saved  -  
later  . . .

--- On Fri, 10/12/12, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] 
<ml-node+s969070n4012932h11@n3.nabble.com> wrote:


From: krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4012932h11@n3.nabble.com>
Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . .
To: "Lostsoul" <joyseyhere@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 11:03 AM



Did you try to open the file in the browser or download it? Right-Click 
and do a "save link as". 

Once you download a ".oxt" extension file, dictionary or other, then you 
open LibreOffice.  Go to "Tools" and then "extension manager".  Use the 
"Add" option. 

My American, British, and Canadian dictionaries are listed in the 
Extension Center, but hosted externally. 

The quickest way to get them is go directly to my current dictionary 
page on the NA-DVD web site. 

http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english

My dictionaries start with "kpp". 

This is a direct link to my largest American English dictionary and 
thesaurus - 773,407 spelling words in its word list.  The British and 
Canadian versions are at about 639,000 words. 

http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-plus-tech-words-773407-words.oxt
<http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english> 
I use LO 3.5.6 right now, but there should be no issues with the .oxt 
extensions, dictionary or other types, with the 3.6.x line. 


On 10/12/2012 08:02 AM, Lostsoul wrote:

Just wonderful tryed the first link and all i get is and i quote -  " OTX file not supported " 

I must ask have you ever used windows 7 and libre ? ? 

--- On Fri, 10/12/12, Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> wrote: 

From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> 
Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> 
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:05 AM 

Hi :) 
I think it's one of the Extensions on this page 
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/american-british-canadian-spelling-hyphen-thesaurus-dictionaries

Extensions are probably best known as Add-ons or Plug-ins in other projects.  Extensions is the 
older word and really needs to be modernised and upgraded to one of the newer names that people 
do tend to recognise because it's just confusing now.  The word has been used to mean other 
things that we often need to talk about in LO.  The main page is 
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center
but often other 3rd party Extensions can be found in all sorts of odd places and OpenOffice 
Extensions probably also still work.  Some won't though and as the projects diverge less of the 
AOO or old OOo ones will be compatible. 

I just stumbled on this article by the Unixmen mag 
http://www.unixmen.com/ten-nice-extensions-for-libreoffice/
I've never used any of them but spotted one i really liked the look of so i've downloaded it and 
double-clicked it to see if it "does what it says on the tin" 

Regards from 
Tom :)

________________________________ 
From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> 
To: [hidden email] 
Sent: Friday, 12 October 2012, 11:41 
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 

beats me how do i try that / 

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From: Tom [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> 
Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> 
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012, 4:10 AM 

Hi :) 
I thought most people that had trouble with spell-checkers fixed it by just downloading and 
installing one of the dictionaries from the NA (North American) Dvd Project?  I think they are 
oxt's so just downloading and then double-clicking on the downloaded file. 

Ubuntu is another operating system.  Win7 is an operating system.  Xp was/is.  OS X is.  Each 
has it's own advantages and disadvantages. 

Regards form 
Tom :) 

--- On Fri, 12/10/12, Lostsoul <[hidden email]> wrote: 

From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> 
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: [hidden email] 
Date: Friday, 12 October, 2012, 2:44 

      Ok  what is Ubuntu i have no idea; never used it so whats the 411 on it; hows it work and 
whats the checking system you use maybe i should try it hum; might help me nail and fix the no 
spell check   -  later  .  .  . 

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wrote: 

From: krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> 
Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> 
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 9:16 PM 

I know many users that have Win7 and their LO package works fine. 

I know of users that have this spelling issue with Vista and XP. 

It is not an issue that can be easily replicated, since only a few 
people seem to have trouble with the spell checking system.  If the 
issue cannot be easy replicated, it becomes very hard to find what code 
or combination of code is causing the problem on only certain systems. 
It could be something as weird as some problem in the Win7 registry that 
is corrupted that could be causing the problem.  I have to run a 
checking system every so ofter to fix the registry errors that happen on 
my various XP and Vista systems I deal with from time to time [mine and 
others]. 

Oh well, that is why I have been running Ubuntu since 2009 on my main 
desktop and on various servers and laptops before then. 

On 10/11/2012 08:11 PM, Robert Burns wrote:

       Hummm thinking wonder if i could copy and paste a doc to Libre then follow you ideas or 
do i have to invent;  type up a new doc and tryed out Open Office and I B M  lotus and they 
both hate both windows 7 amazing that can t get fixed so far;  looking at other office programs 
maybe they all don t hate win 7 -  theirs a bunch of free ones its amazing - later . 

--- On Thu, 10/11/12, Tom Davies <[hidden email]> wrote: 

From: Tom Davies <[hidden email]> 
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]>, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> 
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 8:14 AM 

Hi :) 
I think just try exactly what you have described. 
1.  Just save the file 
2.  close the file 
3.  double-click to open it 
4.  click on the spell-check button 

If step 3 opens the file in anything other than LibreOffice then 
1.  close the file again 
2.  right-click on the file's icon, a menu should appear 
3.  in that right-click menu choose "Open with ..." 
4.  Hopefully LibreOffice Writer should be in there.  If not then at the bottom there is 
usually something like "more programs".  LibreOffice's various programs/modules (Writer, Calc 
etc) should be in there. 

If that doesn't work or starts looking far too complicated then 
1.  Open LibreOffice but do 
File - Close 
to get back to the LO splash-screen that offers a choice of which module to open. 
2.  Instead of opening a module just drag the file's icon into the LO window 

Probably the 1st set of 4 steps will do the trick.  The rest is just in case it's being 
awkward.  I have forgotten which OS you are using but they are all pretty much the same except 
Mac.  However, there are slight differences so please let us know which OS you are using to get 
better detail.  Windows?  Xp, Win7?  Ubuntu, Mageia, Fedora openSUSE or some other flavour of 
Gnu&Linux?  OS X or other Mac?  It seems unlikely you are using a BSD (unless you count Mac) 
but if you are there might still be someone on this list using it although i think they tend to 
go off to the devs list fairly quickly or use their own down-stream forums/lists. 
Regards from 
Tom :) 

From: Lostsoul <[hidden email]> 
To: [hidden email] 
Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 12:41 
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 

       Can i save a document then re open it in Libre that re open in Libre are have it spelled 
checked to fix a mis spelled word that was missed earlyier and if so how? 

--- On Thu, 10/11/12, Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden 
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From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <[hidden email]> 
Subject: Re: Auto and Manual Spell do not work . . 
To: "Lostsoul" <[hidden email]> 
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 2:05 AM 

Hello, 

Le 11/10/2012 02:22, Lostsoul a écrit :

Ok using Libre version 3.6.2.2 and my auto spell doesn t and even worse when 
i click on manual spell check all i get is the stupid question do i want to 
start at the top; i click yes

I think that question is not stupid. Some people just want to start 
spellchecking at the current location. YMMV.

but then i get the boot telling me its all 
finished and it isn t ! ? 

So whats that crap all about and how do i fix it  ? ?   H E L P  waiting . .

Check that in Format / Characters the language is defined as you wish. 
If it is defined as [none] no wonder you get the behaviour you're meeting. 

The best way to fix the undefined language is to set the underlying 
paragraph style: 
(the paragraph being selected or the insertion point being in the faulty 
paragraph) 
1. F11 (or Format / Styles and formatting). A new toolbar shows up. 
2. Make sure the Paragraph styles list is selected (first toolbutton 
from the left) 
2. Right-Click the selected style name 
3. Select Change 
4. In the Font page, go to Language list. Set the language to the 
desired value. 
5. Validate 

And you're set! 

Note: I'm using an FR interface. The menus and options names above are 
freely translated. 

HTH,

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