No spell check on LibreOffice Write

[mfoley]

I have newly installed LibreOffice 6.2.8.2 . When I go to spell check in Write it always comes back as The spellcheck is complete. Even highlighting a known misspelled word and spell-checking gives no error. Tools > Options > Language Settings > Lanugages, shows Default Lanuages for Documents, Western: English (USA). The info-bar at the bottom of the composition window shows “English (USA)”. I have installed hunspell-en. I’ve logged off and rebooted. Nothing seems to work.

When I open the spell-check function, the “Text language:” setting at the top has nothing and the Drop-Down has no entries.

What is the solution?

[anon73440385]

Which operating system?
Could you upload a sample file?

[RGB-es]

On Linux, I think LibreOffice uses myspell dictionaries. Try installing myspell-en and myspell-en_US

[mfoley]

Hmmm, my distro is Slackware, which uses pkg. The myspell downloads are in rpm and deb formats. I’ll check if these can be used on Slackware.

[gabix]

Then install spellcheck extensions. Read this tutorial as well.