LibreOffice 3.5 spellcheck not working

answered 2012-06-03 13:28:02 +0200

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updated 2012-06-03 13:28:02 +0200

Paweł
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Because link posted by Pedro is dead i'm posting my solution: Go to Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.5\share\extensions move all dict-xx folders except dict-en somewhere else and restart LibreOffice - it should unload extensions. After this operation exit LibreOffice and move back all dict-xx folders to extensions folder and open LibreOffice. LibreOffice will load extensions and all languages spell checking should work.

answered 2013-01-20 09:34:02 +0200

Remember when..
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Using Linux openSUSE 12.2 LO3.5 I also was having problems with spell checker not identifying incorrectly spelt words as there were typed. having read the notes above, I then noticed that in Tools, Options, select Language settings, Languages window, under the 'Default language for documents' the English (USA) drop down option had an ABC above a tick icon which the English (UK) did not have. Thinking this ment that the English (UK) language dictionary was not installed. A quick look at 'Installing Extensions in LibreOffice.pdf' [http://extensions.libreoffice.org/] helped me add the english (UK) language. Goto to Tools, Extension Manager, select the Get more extensions online... option at the bottom of the window and pick the language you need from the extensions tab on the web page the link brings up. Hope this helps.

answered 2012-09-19 03:52:58 +0200

dpell
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Windows 7, 64 bit. LibreOffice 3.6.0.4 (Build ID: 932b512) Spell check worked fine on my older machine. However on the Windows7 PC, even though the AutoSpellcheck button was clicked on, incorrectly spelled words were not underlined. Also, when Spelling and Grammar Check (F7) was manually run, it would erroneously report that all was correct. I deleted the extra dictionaries not needed (all but english in the directory mentioned above) to no avail.

Going to Tools>Language>"For Selection" was set to English. However, going to Tools>Language>"For all Text": nothing was set(same with Tools>Language>"For Paragraph").

**Only when I set 'For all Text' to English did the spell checking work properly. [At one point, I also had set both "For Paragraph" & "For all Text" to "Reset to Default Language"]. It seems strange that setting the default language did not carry over to the other settings by default -- 'For Paragraph', etc).

Hope that helps anyone having similar problems.

answered 2012-09-04 20:52:09 +0200

eric weed
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I was having a spell check problem also. as it happened the program did not know what language the text was. once i set all text to English it started working. I was pasting from a notepad so I can use the voice recognition, Libreoffice does not work with it :-(

answered 2012-06-03 14:16:32 +0200

manj_k
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[With regard to LibreOffice 3.5.4]

Please see also:

→ Bug 50552 - SPELL check does not mark wrong text and capitalization rules.

→ (Workaround) http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/2878/any-known-issues-exporting-to-mediawiki-with?answer=3035#answer-container-3035

answered 2012-06-13 09:11:49 +0200

hjp
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I deleted the profile directory and restarted LibreOffice. It created a new profile directory and then the spell check is working.

answered 2013-05-16 07:36:54 +0200

Jan Trescak
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Running Linux mint. I have really tried everything to make Libre office spell Australian or spell at all except installing new version 4. I cannot waste any more time so I have replaced it with Openoffice.