Spelling, problem with "ignore all"

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#1

When I select ignore all for a word (like someone’s name), it ignores that instance. But further in the document they are still underlined in red. If I right click on them then it removes the underlining. This is in the same session. Am I doing something wrong?

Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

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#2

Please click on Help - About LibreOffice then, in the dialogue that appeared, click the icon just after the words Version information to copy the LibreOffice details to the clipboard and paste into your question or a comment.

#3

Thank you!

That is a very convenient method to include the full version. I edited my post to include that.

#4

Ignore all seems to apply to all open documents and all languages in the open version of Writer so it should apply to the next instance.

Maybe it is spelt differently in the underlined version(s), possibly including a zero length space or similar?

Test in Safe Mode, click Help > Restart in safe mode > Continue in Safe Mode and see if it happens with the same file.

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#5

I definitely clicked ignore all. I don’t want to add them to the dictionary because they are typically proper names, not words. Also if I just click on them then it notices and removes the red underline. I don’t have to select ignore, just click them.

#6

Then maybe it is a rendering issue, does scrolling also remove the red underline? If so, then maybe updating your graphics drivers might help.
Is it a very long document that the effect appears, or any document?

As a workaround, you could create a new user dictionary named Proper Names and delete the contents from time to time.

The most straightforward way to create a new dictionary is to open the Spelling dialogue, click Tools > Spelling, click Options then click New and give a name to your dictionary, apply a language too if wanted. OK out. Now when you right click on a word you can have a choice of what dictionary to add the word to.

To edit a spelling dictionary, click Tools > Spelling, click Options then select the dictionary that you want to edit and click Edit

#7

Scrolling doesn’t help. I can scroll backwards and forwards several pages with no improvement. Sometimes it works but other times not. No idea what the difference is.

I like your idea of a document specific dictionary. That way they would persist across different sessions. The author loves bizarre names for people.

Thank you,

Jerry

#8

Works for me with:
Version: 24.8.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e07d0a63a46349d29051da79b1fde8160bab2a89
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 17763); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-MX (es_AR); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

and with:
Version: 25.2.5.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 484541f705153d4ff78284873b0153c3e5a280db
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 17763); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: es-MX (es_AR); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

I would definitely…

#9

Could you reproduce this effect on a small test file and upload this file?

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