This may be the problem I have too with OO 3.1 under Ubuntu: when no dictionary is installed (and there wasn't one be default, although it is not at first obvious; I had only Hunspell for spelling for some reason, which isn't any use for English) the spelling checker reports no errors, and never mentions it is because there is no dictionary. These are the (simple) changes that I think are needed:
1. When no dictionary is installed it should display a suitable warning message when attempting any spelling/grammar activity, and make it clear how to install one (at the moment it is very non-obvious no dictionary is installed for the language, and installing one requires several steps not covered in the help... for example, after Tools->Options->Writing Aids->Edit->"Get more dictionaries on-line" it is not enough to merely use Tools->Extension manager, you have to quit out of OpenOffice and restart, and even then I think I had to reboot befoire it acted on the dictionary). 2. When one of more dictionaries are installed, it should show them in Tools->Options->Writing Aids without me having to click on "Edit" 3. After displaying the "Spelling check is complete" message it should still be possible to get to the "Spelling:" window and change options, change language, etc. At the moment this window disappears as soon as the check complete notice goes away. 4. There should be a button in Writing Aids (and duplicated on the Spelling window) that does the whole job of installing a dictionary (maybe not actually getting it from a website if that is too difficult, but at least installing the extension, and doing whatever is needed to make it active - possibly asking the user if it is okay to restart OO then. I would also like to see several improvements in dictionary support, e.g. being able to use dictionaries from other software, being able to tag words or phrases in a dictionary or thesaurus for level of difficulty or cliche status, so new tools could report on the appropriateness of the writing style for different types of reader. -- The spell checker in open office is not working at all. Please advise. thanx, Insuite https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519594 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
