version 4.4.5.2
LibreOffice is Locale en_US
Language I want to spellcheck=Dutch
LO does NOT currently have a Dutch spell-checker extension. Whoops-a-daisy. Try either:
Go: (menu):Tools→Options→Language Settings→Languages
- Set
User Interfaceto what you wish
- Set
Locale settingto your locale - Set
Default languages for documentsto Dutch
(must be same as spell-check language, one-only)
(this one decides whether your spell-checker will work or not)
Go (menu):Tools→Extension Manager...
- Look for “Dutch spelling dictionary, and hyphenation rules 2.0.0 (OpenTaal)”?
(see also Q11637)
(if not available):
- Obtain a spell-check extension for the same “Default languages…” as above
- Install it
You can find your current locale from a terminal under Linux
(there is lots more than I show; try to have them all the same):-
:~$ locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
If this helps then please tick the answer (
).
Of course it existed back then. There just isn’t a wiki page in Dutch with the information on that page. If you had scrolled down, you’d have found the Dutch dictionary.
There is a Dutch LibreOffice support and discussion group on http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/ which I am sure you will find useful.
But to have Dutch support you will need to load the Dutch Language Pack. I believe this contains the Dutch dictionary. Just as we install the en_GB pack for the English dictionary. You can then keep the locale to whichever Language you wish…Peter