To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96465 Issue #|96465 Summary|spellcheck UI fails to warn about language mismatch Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.4.0 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|bigblen
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Nov 23 09:19:16 +0000 2008 ------- When a document (or some characters) are marked as one language, while the spellchecker's dictionaries do not include that language, the spellchecker runs, but reports zero errors. This is "correct" operation (obviously don't want French checked against and English dictionary), however as evidenced by numerous bug reports and forum queries, it continues to annoy users. What is missing is some feedback that some words, perhaps all of them have not been checked because there is no appropriate dictionary installed. Also, who knows what language an imported document appears to be. To the average user, the document is in "English" and they have an "English" dictionary installed, so they expect it to work in some fashion. For instance, as I am in New Zealand, it seems sensible to set the default language to "English (New Zealand)". However there is no specific NZ dictionary, so the best I can do is install the Australian or GB dictionaries. Spell check quite happily reports "The spelling check is complete", with no errors reported. I think it should also say "500 words not checked because no English (New Zealand) dictionary is installed" Help text for this message would include info about installing additional dictionaries, and how to change the language of an existing document (select all, format/character:language). An additional feature would be the ability to tell the spellchecker to use a particular dictionary for another 'language' (In my case I'd like some way to say "Use English (Australia) dictionary for English (New Zealand) text" BTW I'm calling this issue a DEFECT because I consider it a UI defect that the checker gives the appearance of working when in fact it is ignoring some or all of the text. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
