Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker
I seem to have it on writer, does the same apply to drawing? I have found that changing the speller to US on all text is working. Thanks, hopefully it continues to be consistent. --- Amanda Sloan On 27/12/2013 11:52, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Sorry that only got to me privately. The mailing list got messed up a while ago so that nowadays people have to use Reply to all or Group reply or Reply to list (depending on which email client they use) rather than the straight-forwards Reply which almost everyone uses for almost everything. Could you forwards your reply to the mailing list? Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org I don't have much idea about how to move forwards with this issue but someone else on the mailing list probably will. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 27 December 2013 00:29, Amanda Sloan amanda.sl...@vodafone.co.nz wrote: Yes they all look good as described the settings. The ones that were originally MS Word docs do work. The ones that are Libre office only don't, and also even if they have been changed to word docs they don't. In saying that there is a one that's been changed to MS word that does. So theres not a definite pattern. I've downloaded it lots etc, sometimes it works for a litte while too. Thanks --- Amanda Sloan On 26/12/2013 00:09, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Try this and let us know what happens. Open one of the ones it doesn't work for and go to Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids and have a look in the top 2 boxes to make sure the settings look sensible, The main one is top of the top box, make sure the spell checker is ticked. It might be interesting to compare what is different about the ones the spell-checker does work for, Not just in the settings but also is it certain formats, such as maybe some MS Word documents don't work but it seems like native ODF ones do? Regards from Tom :) On 26 December 2013 00:12, Amanda Sloan amanda.sl...@vodafone.co.nz wrote: Hello I have Windows 8 and Libre office 4.1. I am needing the spellchecker to work. It does on some things and not on others. Can you help please, because otherwise its excellent. Thanks -- Amanda Sloan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker
Hi :) Try this and let us know what happens. Open one of the ones it doesn't work for and go to Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids and have a look in the top 2 boxes to make sure the settings look sensible, The main one is top of the top box, make sure the spell checker is ticked. It might be interesting to compare what is different about the ones the spell-checker does work for, Not just in the settings but also is it certain formats, such as maybe some MS Word documents don't work but it seems like native ODF ones do? Regards from Tom :) On 26 December 2013 00:12, Amanda Sloan amanda.sl...@vodafone.co.nz wrote: Hello I have Windows 8 and Libre office 4.1. I am needing the spellchecker to work. It does on some things and not on others. Can you help please, because otherwise its excellent. Thanks -- Amanda Sloan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell checker on LibreOffice is broken.
On 10/16/2013 02:24 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: Alexander Hristov wrote: Hello, today I downloaded the LibreOffice for use for school but I noticed the spell checker doesn't work. I Tried: - Pressed the spell check button, it says its completed but doesn't fix the typo - Check if English and Greek does work, but none work - Restarted the Program - Check the options, all seem ok. And still it does not check. Version: 4.1.2.3 (used x86-64 deb packages) Try placing the cursor where you know there's an error, and go to: - Format Character Font Is a language selected from the Language drop-down list? Is there a tick next to that language? If it doesn't have a language set, or if there is no dictionary is installed for the selected language (no tick) it won't be checking the spelling for at least that section of text. Try: - Tools Language For all Text English (or any other language with a dictionary installed) This will mark all text in the document to be checked in that language. Does the spell checker work then? Using those menus, and Tools Language For Paragraph you can set different languages for different paragraphs or sections of text, which is useful if languages are mixed in one document. Hope that helps. Mark. If it still does not work, try adding a post-install English dictionary via the Extension Manager. Sometimes this fixes something in the installed package. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. But it is worth a shot. Try either link shown below. They point to the same file. This Is a very large American English dictionary that was meant to add more words to the spell checking system and more returns for the thesaurus option. It also has a hyphenation resource to help with that option. http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/american-british-canadian-spelling-hyphen-thesaurus-dictionaries http://libreoffice-na.us/English-4.1-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-797865-words-list.oxt -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell checker on LibreOffice is broken.
Alexander Hristov wrote: Hello, today I downloaded the LibreOffice for use for school but I noticed the spell checker doesn't work. I Tried: - Pressed the spell check button, it says its completed but doesn't fix the typo - Check if English and Greek does work, but none work - Restarted the Program - Check the options, all seem ok. And still it does not check. Version: 4.1.2.3 (used x86-64 deb packages) Try placing the cursor where you know there's an error, and go to: - Format Character Font Is a language selected from the Language drop-down list? Is there a tick next to that language? If it doesn't have a language set, or if there is no dictionary is installed for the selected language (no tick) it won't be checking the spelling for at least that section of text. Try: - Tools Language For all Text English (or any other language with a dictionary installed) This will mark all text in the document to be checked in that language. Does the spell checker work then? Using those menus, and Tools Language For Paragraph you can set different languages for different paragraphs or sections of text, which is useful if languages are mixed in one document. Hope that helps. Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Spell checker breaks in Windows XP LO 3.5.2
Do me a favor, try using this Canadian English dictionary. [en-CA] http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-canadian-english-dictionary-638K-word-list.oxt See if it over-writes some of the default files for you enough for it to work for your needs. There may be some part of the locked, default, dictionary that is causing you the issues. I wonder if a different English dictionary would solve the problems, since with several dictionaries installed, I see the last one is checked first. That is what happens when I look at the Thesaurus part of the dictionaries. I seen my Thesaurus listing show up before the default installed version's listings. So I hope the the English spelling part will be used first, or over write the previous versions in the file[s] that contain the used dictionary information. It might help, or it may not. I deal with en-US as my default language. I tend to make sure a US version is installed instead of a generic all English version. I think the default one includes many non-North American English localizations, like South African English. This is the en-US version of the dictionary. http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-638k-word-list.oxt Try the dictionary extensions. See if that helps your issue. Also, my versions have more words in its word lists than the default installed one and any other version I can find. 638,000+ words for the largest en-CA version, with 217K words in the smallest en-CA version. On 04/18/2012 08:38 AM, cbkschroeder wrote: Hi, The spell checker in LibreOffice 3.5.2 seems to spontaneously break. This happened to me on previous versions, too. I have spent too much time going through various channels to try to solve the problem; lots of workarounds -- installing other dictionaries, for example -- can be found. These workarounds don't, of course, solve the problem. I'm using US English, and I'm in Canada. Before I waste somebody's time by submitting a bug report, I thought I'd try here for input. It seems that one day I will happily be using writer with the spell check running 100%. Then, next day, the spell checker doesn't seem to work anymore. Poof. I've got XP SP3. It seems as though the English dictionary extension somehow breaks despite my doing nothing in regard to configuring the software beyond default. I had entertained that running OS updates might be breaking the software, so I tried the following, though I couldn't replicate the issue. I know, this may seem like a lot to post for a negative result, but I feel it might be useful to know what DOESN'T seem to cause the problem. - Reverted to 120401 OS backup image made via True Image; LibreOffice 3.5.1 was installed; spell check didn't work. Most recent round of XP updates had not been applied. - Uninstalled Libreoffice 3.5.1 - Deleted LibreOffice folder in Program Files - Deleted LibreOffice folder in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data - Deleted LibreOffice shortcuts in Start menu - Ran CCleaner - Rebooted - Installed LibreOffice 3.5.2 and helppack. - Rebooted. - Ran LibreOffice Writer. Touched nothing, just started typing gobbledegook. US English spell check was active and lots of little red squiggly error underlines indicated the spell check was working. - Went to tools, options, language settings, languages, and under Default Languages for Documents there was a nice fat check mark with ABC written over top of it beside the Default - English (USA) setting. Several other languages present here also had that thick check mark. - User interface setting was Default - English (USA), Locale setting was Default - English (USA). I took a snapshot of the window: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_00.png - When I went to the extension manager, scrolled down to English Spelling Dictionaries and left-clicked to highlight it, I saw that an Options button appeared: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_01.png Clicking it opened yet another window which said English Sentence Checking: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3919812/picture_02.png - Ran CCleaner 3.17.1689, ran the cleaner function, ran the registry Scan for Issues function, fixed all issues, and rebooted. - Started writer again, discovered the state of the program was unchanged from the above description. Everything worked fine. The last CCleaner execution clearly did not adversely effect LO. - Proceeded to run the windows updates one by one. - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2675157). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK. - Security Update for Windows XP (KB2653956). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK. - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - April 2012 (KB890830). Rebooted. LO OK. Ran CCleaner. Rebooted. LO OK. - Security Update for
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker?
Hi, On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hello: I've been unable to install spell checkers with LibreOffice under Windows 7. Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids shows NO available language modules. Tools - Extension Manager produced a list of 43 available extensions. I select one and click Add. This opens a window indicating it wants a file with extension .oxt, .uno.pkg, or .zip, and I can't find any such that seems to fit. The Extension Manager shows the *installed/(added)* extensions. You don't need to install the extensions once again. Suggestions? This is under Windows 7 with LibreOffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.3. I both cases, I installed the companion LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe / LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe. (Control Panel - Programs and Features shows both LibreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.4 Help Pack (English). A first workaround: spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339 More detailed: Bug 37195 - Dictionary access lost after LibO upgrade https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195 Good luck mjk -- TDF Wiki · BugReport Details http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport_Details -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker?
On 09/08/2011 07:47 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hello: I've been unable to install spell checkers with LibreOffice under Windows 7. Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids shows NO available language modules. Tools - Extension Manager produced a list of 43 available extensions. I select one and click Add. This opens a window indicating it wants a file with extension .oxt, .uno.pkg, or .zip, and I can't find any such that seems to fit. The Extension Manager shows the *installed/(added)* extensions. You don't need to install the extensions once again. Suggestions? This is under Windows 7 with LibreOffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.3. I both cases, I installed the companion LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe / LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe. (Control Panel - Programs and Features shows both LibreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.4 Help Pack (English). A first workaround: spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339 More detailed: Bug 37195 - Dictionary access lost after LibO upgrade https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195 Good luck mjk The only things I get in that language modules is Hunspell - which is part of Ubuntu and the extras I install, like http://libreoffice-na.us/English/add-ons-extensions/LanguageTool-1.2.oxt plus the extras, like dictionaries, I installed after I installed the LO package. Until the LO extension system is finished, try installing some helpful extensions from this page. http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html Language Tool, Writer's Tools, Writer Extras, Pagination, etc., are the one I would start with. You should see Language Tool in that language module section. Also, any grammar checkers installed should show up there. This page http://libreoffice-na.us/English/dictionary.html has many dictionaries, thesauruses, and other similar writing aids. For English, I would start with the one listed as: English Dictionary - modified from the original version. That has a both the dictionaries and thesauruses for US English, plus some GB English. As for the workaround in the nabble link, for Linux, I tend to delete first the hidden folder of .libreoffice and see if that fixes the problems. When you restart LO, that folder will be recreated with all your new defaults. If that does not fix the problem, then I go deeper. It usually works for me. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker?
Hi :) Renaming is better than deleting. With deleting you lose everything and can't copy back some chunks from your old folder so you have to re-do any configurations and re-download all extensions, fonts and anything else you have in galleries and so on. Regards from Tom :) From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 8 September, 2011 13:22:48 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker? On 09/08/2011 07:47 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hello: I've been unable to install spell checkers with LibreOffice under Windows 7. Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids shows NO available language modules. Tools - Extension Manager produced a list of 43 available extensions. I select one and click Add. This opens a window indicating it wants a file with extension .oxt, .uno.pkg, or .zip, and I can't find any such that seems to fit. The Extension Manager shows the *installed/(added)* extensions. You don't need to install the extensions once again. Suggestions? This is under Windows 7 with LibreOffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.3. I both cases, I installed the companion LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe / LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe. (Control Panel - Programs and Features shows both LibreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.4 Help Pack (English). A first workaround: spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339 9 More detailed: Bug 37195 - Dictionary access lost after LibO upgrade https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195 Good luck mjk The only things I get in that language modules is Hunspell - which is part of Ubuntu and the extras I install, like http://libreoffice-na.us/English/add-ons-extensions/LanguageTool-1.2.oxt plus the extras, like dictionaries, I installed after I installed the LO package. Until the LO extension system is finished, try installing some helpful extensions from this page. http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html Language Tool, Writer's Tools, Writer Extras, Pagination, etc., are the one I would start with. You should see Language Tool in that language module section. Also, any grammar checkers installed should show up there. This page http://libreoffice-na.us/English/dictionary.html has many dictionaries, thesauruses, and other similar writing aids. For English, I would start with the one listed as: English Dictionary - modified from the original version. That has a both the dictionaries and thesauruses for US English, plus some GB English. As for the workaround in the nabble link, for Linux, I tend to delete first the hidden folder of .libreoffice and see if that fixes the problems. When you restart LO, that folder will be recreated with all your new defaults. If that does not fix the problem, then I go deeper. It usually works for me. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checker - add Spanish+French+German to English?
Thanks very much to Manfred Krause, webmaster for Kracked Press, and Tom Davies: Removing (or renaming) .../bundled worked. Next question: How can I add Spanish, French and German as optional languages? I used to be able to specify them for selections of text; now I don't see how. Tools - Extension Manager lists Dictionnaires francaise. 4.2.1, German and Spanish as available. However, I cannot find them with Tools - Languages nor Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids. Thanks again. Spencer On 9/8/2011 5:22 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: On 09/08/2011 07:47 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Spencer Graves wrote: Hello: I've been unable to install spell checkers with LibreOffice under Windows 7. Tools - Options - Language Settings - Writing Aids shows NO available language modules. Tools - Extension Manager produced a list of 43 available extensions. I select one and click Add. This opens a window indicating it wants a file with extension .oxt, .uno.pkg, or .zip, and I can't find any such that seems to fit. The Extension Manager shows the *installed/(added)* extensions. You don't need to install the extensions once again. Suggestions? This is under Windows 7 with LibreOffice 3.4.2 and 3.4.3. I both cases, I installed the companion LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe / LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.exe. (Control Panel - Programs and Features shows both LibreOffice 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.4 Help Pack (English). A first workaround: spell checking not working in LBO 3.4.3 http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tt3299202.html#a3302339 More detailed: Bug 37195 - Dictionary access lost after LibO upgrade https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37195 Good luck mjk The only things I get in that language modules is Hunspell - which is part of Ubuntu and the extras I install, like http://libreoffice-na.us/English/add-ons-extensions/LanguageTool-1.2.oxt plus the extras, like dictionaries, I installed after I installed the LO package. Until the LO extension system is finished, try installing some helpful extensions from this page. http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html Language Tool, Writer's Tools, Writer Extras, Pagination, etc., are the one I would start with. You should see Language Tool in that language module section. Also, any grammar checkers installed should show up there. This page http://libreoffice-na.us/English/dictionary.html has many dictionaries, thesauruses, and other similar writing aids. For English, I would start with the one listed as: English Dictionary - modified from the original version. That has a both the dictionaries and thesauruses for US English, plus some GB English. As for the workaround in the nabble link, for Linux, I tend to delete first the hidden folder of .libreoffice and see if that fixes the problems. When you restart LO, that folder will be recreated with all your new defaults. If that does not fix the problem, then I go deeper. It usually works for me. -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San José, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
