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Ok using Libre version 3.6.2.2 and my auto spell doesn t and even worse when
i click on manual spell check all i get is the stupid question do i want to
start at the top; i click yes but then i get the boot telling me its all
finished and it isn t ! ?
So whats that crap all about and how do i fix it ? ? H E L P waiting . .
Hello,
Ok using Libre version 3.6.2.2 and my auto spell doesn t and even worse when
i click on manual spell check all i get is the stupid question do i want to
start at the top; i click yes
I think that question is not stupid. Some people just want to start spellchecking at the current location. YMMV.
but then i get the boot telling me its all
finished and it isn t ! ?So whats that crap all about and how do i fix it ? ? H E L P waiting . .
Check that in Format / Characters the language is defined as you wish. If it is defined as [none] no wonder you get the behaviour you're meeting.
The best way to fix the undefined language is to set the underlying paragraph style:
(the paragraph being selected or the insertion point being in the faulty paragraph)
1. F11 (or Format / Styles and formatting). A new toolbar shows up.
2. Make sure the Paragraph styles list is selected (first toolbutton from the left)
2. Right-Click the selected style name
3. Select Change
4. In the Font page, go to Language list. Set the language to the desired value.
5. Validate
And you're set!
Note: I'm using an FR interface. The menus and options names above are freely translated.
HTH,
Nothing is working guess i ll have to find some remote view help and have them fix me up; can t find languages or styles and F11 does nothing for me - so far found no good help - later
Can i save a document then re open it in Libre that re open in Libre are have it spelled checked to fix a mis spelled word that was missed earlyier and if so how?
Hi 
I think just try exactly what you have described.
1. Just save the file
2. close the file
3. double-click to open it
4. click on the spell-check button
If step 3 opens the file in anything other than LibreOffice then
1. close the file again
2. right-click on the file's icon, a menu should appear
3. in that right-click menu choose "Open with ..."
4. Hopefully LibreOffice Writer should be in there. If not then at the bottom there is usually something like "more programs". LibreOffice's various programs/modules (Writer, Calc etc) should be in there.
If that doesn't work or starts looking far too complicated then
1. Open LibreOffice but do
File - Close
to get back to the LO splash-screen that offers a choice of which module to open.
2. Instead of opening a module just drag the file's icon into the LO window
Probably the 1st set of 4 steps will do the trick. The rest is just in case it's being awkward. I have forgotten which OS you are using but they are all pretty much the same except Mac. However, there are slight differences so please let us know which OS you are using to get better detail. Windows? Xp, Win7? Ubuntu, Mageia, Fedora openSUSE or some other flavour of Gnu&Linux? OS X or other Mac? It seems unlikely you are using a BSD (unless you count Mac) but if you are there might still be someone on this list using it although i think they tend to go off to the devs list fairly quickly or use their own down-stream forums/lists.
Regards from
Tom
Hi
You could try a few screenshots and upload them to this thread through Nabble.
Also you might find some help in documentation
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
However, i suspect that your install went wrong somewhere. Where you able to check the md5sum or SHA of the download to make sure that was alright? Given that i have unlimited broadband here i would probably just re-download even tho checking md5sum is surprisingly easy.
Possibly the easiest thing to try 1st tho is to rename your User Profile. It fixes all sorts of weird problems
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/UserProfile
Then try Jean's and other's ideas might work more easily.
Regards from
Tom
This has been a recurring issue that happens to people since 3.4.x came out.
Some people get this issue, while others do not.
Some people fix it by removing the user profile [in various places depending on the system], and then allowing LO to recreate it.
Others fixed the problem with a reinstall of the package after they removed the user profile.
Still others fixed it by downloading/installing a dictionary extension file [.oxt] for the language you want to use. I try to maintain an up-to-date list of all the available dictionaries that I know of.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html
with over 180 dictionaries, including over 20 localized Spanish dictionaries.
The official LO extension center also has dictionary files.
My largest American English dictionary/thesaurus has over 773,000 words in its spell checking word list. I also have British and Canadian English dictionaries with over 600,000 words in it.
I would rename the user profile [Ubuntu Linux has it in a hidden .libreoffice folder, but I do not remember where the different Windows ones are located]. Then I would reinstall the LO version you are using. Then to give you some extra "help", I would download an localized dictionaries you might want to use and install them with the Extension Manager. That will cover all your bases and may give you some more localized dictionary options that the "normal" LO install does not cover.
The reasons why the Spell-checking issue happens to some but not others, is a mystery to many of us. But these steps usually correct the problem.
Its very flakely can t figure out why it says spell check is done and doc still has errors and why does it always ask do i want to start at the top and why can t it spell check docs that i copy then paste into it; seems to like new docs only and once a new doc gets saved it won t spell check it again if i have spotted spell errors that the checker missed the first go a round and nothing to show in screen shots.
Seems to hate something in windows 7 i ll keep playing with it should luck in one of these times - later . . . amazing hows its all not ready to go . . . it was for vista but not win 7 . .
Ok will try your steps this evening and using win 7 64 bit - later
Ok once i get this into english i will try it so annoying never have a problem with vista but it hates win 7 64 bit for some reason - later . .
Hummm thinking wonder if i could copy and paste a doc to Libre then follow you ideas or do i have to invent; type up a new doc and tryed out Open Office and I B M lotus and they both hate both windows 7 amazing that can t get fixed so far; looking at other office programs maybe they all don t hate win 7 - theirs a bunch of free ones its amazing - later .
Hi
If you already have a Word document or some other document then you can try opening it in LibreOffice. You don't even need to copy&paste! Just try
1. relax, grab a cuppa tea
2. right-click on the file's icon, a menu should appear
3. in that right-click menu choose "Open with ..."
4.
Hopefully LibreOffice Writer should be in there. If not then at the
bottom there is usually something like "more programs". LibreOffice's
various programs/modules (Writer, Calc etc) should be in there.
If that doesn't work or starts looking far too complicated then
1. Open LibreOffice but do
File - Close
to get back to the LO splash-screen that offers a choice of which module to open.
2. Instead of opening a module just drag the file's icon into the LO window
However you got the file open just run the spell check
Regards from
Tom
I know many users that have Win7 and their LO package works fine.
I know of users that have this spelling issue with Vista and XP.
It is not an issue that can be easily replicated, since only a few people seem to have trouble with the spell checking system. If the issue cannot be easy replicated, it becomes very hard to find what code or combination of code is causing the problem on only certain systems. It could be something as weird as some problem in the Win7 registry that is corrupted that could be causing the problem. I have to run a checking system every so ofter to fix the registry errors that happen on my various XP and Vista systems I deal with from time to time [mine and others].
Oh well, that is why I have been running Ubuntu since 2009 on my main desktop and on various servers and laptops before then.
Ok what is Ubuntu i have no idea; never used it so whats the 411 on it; hows it work and whats the checking system you use maybe i should try it hum; might help me nail and fix the no spell check - later . . .
Hi
I thought most people that had trouble with spell-checkers fixed it by just downloading and installing one of the dictionaries from the NA (North American) Dvd Project? I think they are oxt's so just downloading and then double-clicking on the downloaded file.
Ubuntu is another operating system. Win7 is an operating system. Xp was/is. OS X is. Each has it's own advantages and disadvantages.
Regards form
Tom
beats me how do i try that /
Hi
I think it's one of the Extensions on this page
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/american-british-canadian-spelling-hyphen-thesaurus-dictionaries
Extensions are probably best known as Add-ons or Plug-ins in other projects. Extensions is the older word and really needs to be modernised and upgraded to one of the newer names that people do tend to recognise because it's just confusing now. The word has been used to mean other things that we often need to talk about in LO. The main page is
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center
but often other 3rd party Extensions can be found in all sorts of odd places and OpenOffice Extensions probably also still work. Some won't though and as the projects diverge less of the AOO or old OOo ones will be compatible.
I just stumbled on this article by the Unixmen mag
http://www.unixmen.com/ten-nice-extensions-for-libreoffice/
I've never used any of them but spotted one i really liked the look of so i've downloaded it and double-clicked it to see if it "does what it says on the tin"
Regards from
Tom
Ok just tryed this link http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center and openned the American / british / canadian one for version 3.1 and win 7 couldn t reconize the file to open it oh well i ll keep on trying - later . .
Amazing spell check can find no errors here -
As they chat a bit the music stops as Debbie; seeing father frowns then stands as judy slides up places her hand on suzans shlder.
Amazing spell check can find no errors here -
As they chat a bit the music stops as Debbie; seeing father frowns then stands as judy slides up places her hand on suzans shlder.