@Anonymous - I am running XP Prof English SP3 with Asian support package
Installed LibO languages are English (default) Japanese, German, and Dutch.
When I open a Writer document the bottom bar indicates Japanese. However when I start typing English the indicator at the bottom switches immediately (after a few keystrokes) to English and English spell checking starts.
When I start immediately (open a new file and start typing) in German, Writer displays at the bottom bar "English" and does not change to German spell checking until I open Tools/ Languages / and select German. In this menu German appears as soon as I write a few words of German.
When I start immediately (open a new file and start typing) in Dutch, Writer displays at the bottom bar "English" and does not change to Dutch spell checking. When I open Tools/ Languages / I cannot select Dutch because it is not displayed. The language displayed is Africaans. This is partially correct. I expect to get the real Dutch spell checker because I installed Dutch language support.
This means, Writer has inconsistencies in recognizing languages.
Could it be that you face the situation that
you first must write some word Polish before the Writer recognizes Polish
that there is a bug with Polish ( I regard the handling of Dutch and German as bugs, but still need to report them).
?
(1) Please specify your operating system. (2) Do you open a new text document via Desktop → right-click
"New → OpenDocument Text"
?My operating system is Windows 7 64 bit / I opened a new text document via Desktop → right-click "New → OpenDocument Text
Thanks, see my answer below [2012-11-18].
@Aro – Do you have solved your issue?