I have followed Tools>Options>Languages>writing aids - but there is no Hunspell Checker listed.
- Read this tutorial.
- If you can’t find an answer, ask a good question, and better do it on the relevant site.
This is a Question and Answer site about LibreOffice.
Suggesting to install LibreOffice instead.
Problems with spellcheck and respective solutions are the same for both AOO and LO, so, sorry, but yours is a bad answer.
@gabix: sorry, I disagree.
While many problems could turn out to not depend on LO/OOo/AOO specifics, this is not granted. And a bug specific to one of the suites could turn out to be the reason in any given case.
Arbitrarily expanding the scope of the site is not a good thing without a consensus. OP asked specifically about a problem with an out-of-scope office suite.
Having said that, if you feel that we should expand to allow questions about sister projects, please ask a question here to get opinions of other contributors.
You disagree with what, Mike? Let me comment some of your points:
a bug specific to one of the suites
No indication that the asker encountered a bug.
expanding the scope of the site
I never suggested it, on the contrary, I advised to go to a relevant site. However,
a problem with an out-of-scope office suite.
…the problem is about the common component (the spellcheck engine), thus, a solution may be of interest to LibreOffice users as well.
we should expand to allow questions
No, I don’t say so. However, I think this particular question may be tolerated because, once again, the solution may help LibreOffice users. There are dozens of much worse (RTFM/STFW) questions asked every day here, but they are still tolerated (and my attempts to foster some discipline are being undermined by someone).
All said, the question is bad but the answer is bad too. Installing LO will not help.
You disagree with what
No indication that the asker encountered a bug.
I didn’t say that it indeed is a bug; I only said that is might turn out to be the problem in a given case. Thus any question related to an out-of-topic suite inevitably must consider that as a possibility. An answer would necessarily be logically irrelevant and logically inconsistent, and as such, could only happen to help accidentally:
Q: Using X, I can’t do N
A: (implying “using Y”), do 1-2-3.