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Just wonderful tryed the first link and all i get is and i quote - " OTX file not supported "
I must ask have you ever used windows 7 and libre ? ?
Hi 
Ahh, you mean a grammar checker? The only real spelling mistake was "shlder". On my street, well in the houses along my street, there are about 3 Toms. I can imagine other places where there might be a lot of Suzans.
Capitalisation is a worry though! Have you got weird settings somehow in
Tools - Options - "Language Settings" - "Writing Aids" - Options
That options box at the bottom of the writing aids page has quite a lot of odd settings that seem relevant.
Regards from
Tom
Ubuntu is one of the more popular versions of Linux operating systems. Linux is more stable than Windows, where if a package crashes it is just the package and not the whole system like Windows often does. You cannot [or easily] run Windows package on Linux, but you should find everything you will need for free so you will not have to buy anything. Also, the nasties that infect Windows are a rare breed for Linux.
Linux OSs are usually free. Linux software are almost always free.
I went to Ubuntu's version of Linux several years ago. I like it better than Windows, for the most part. I have been using Ubuntu for my main desktop system since Feb. 2010 when I bought it. I have my Dell laptop, since it has room for it, dual booting so I can use either Vista or Ubuntu on it. I rarely use Windows anymore, except for one USB hardware and to use Epson's software to print a label directly on my printable CDs/DVDs. Sometimes it take a bit for the newest printers to get a specific driver, but most HP printers are currently covered and you can find drivers that work for the other brands halfway easily if the company down not offer a link to a Linux driver.
If you are a "normal" Windows user, you may find it hard to switch to a version of Linux. It is just like switching from Windows to Mac or Mac to Windows, hard to get use to and you will need to get all the package you might need for your work on the computer. I switched because there were a lot of package that I needed and could not afford to buy them using a Windows OS. I found all of those package types free on Linux. Actually now a few have been ported over to Windows, but not when I needed them a few years ago.
So I would think you would not want to switch over to a Linux OS.
I do not remember any Linux users having the Spell Checking problems you are having on Windows, though.
Did you try to open the file in the browser or download it? Right-Click and do a "save link as".
Once you download a ".oxt" extension file, dictionary or other, then you open LibreOffice. Go to "Tools" and then "extension manager". Use the "Add" option.
My American, British, and Canadian dictionaries are listed in the Extension Center, but hosted externally.
The quickest way to get them is go directly to my current dictionary page on the NA-DVD web site.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english
My dictionaries start with "kpp".
This is a direct link to my largest American English dictionary and thesaurus - 773,407 spelling words in its word list. The British and Canadian versions are at about 639,000 words.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-american-english-dictionary-plus-tech-words-773407-words.oxt
<http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english>
I use LO 3.5.6 right now, but there should be no issues with the .oxt extensions, dictionary or other types, with the 3.6.x line.
A good Grammar Checker is hard to find and develop.
SO, with that said, there are Grammar Checking systems written for LibreOffice. I have not used them, or rarely with 3.4.x line, but they are out there and are being used.
Check the Extension Center. You might find some there for your language. I have some on my NA-DVD for some of the languages listed.
Can t stop laughing at the way everyone hates with a passion MS ie versions but everything gets over laid over ie; i ve used ie forever and never had a problem; i hear it all its to big or small or messy or not sucure or chashs alot or to easy to hack etc.
If ie is so awful bad how come no one invents a browser that has nothing; takes nothing and borrows nothing from ie ? No plug in s or add on s be 100 % new.
I ve tryed avant; and firefox and modzilla and opera and chrome and short of using a stop watch; standing on my head or using zoom i don t see a difference and they all run worse on windows 7 64 bit.
Ubuntu sounds way to tricky to install and get it to run right so won t use it.
Now heres something weird; i have used a 28 and 108 mb versions of libre but just came across a 208 mb 3.6 version along with some 10 mb help add on; thinking i ll un install the libre crap i have now and try 3.6 with help maybe they finally fixed the windows 7 issues after doing nothing for 3 yrs of screwing us users - later . .
I have been reading this thread for some time, but I'm having a hard time understanding what you write. So I have some questions for you.
Open Writer so you have an Untitled document in it. Click Format and then click Character from its menu. In the middle of the window that opens, what is in the Language dropdown list? [Mine has English( USA)]. Is it the language you use? Does the icon that comes with the language contain an ABC and check mark? More questions later.
<BIG SNIP>
--Dan
All i can say is thats your problem not mine and as for your questions no problem but i deleted the version i had and will try 208 mb version 3.6 with helper maybe that has the needed up grades after screwing the user for almost 3 yrs. will get back to you later today with your answers . . .
Deleted libre seeing how it was so bloody worthless will install version 3.6 208 mbs and the helper hopefully tha that has a win 7 fix - later today or tomorrow . . .
OHHH my to much to do wonder if its worth it i miss vista everything worked like a charm first must re install the newest biggest version; so much bloody crap to install - and i openned not saved - later . . .
Hi
I think what i would be tempted to do at this stage, since you have
put so much time&effort in is to resize the Win7 partition to around
30-50Gb and then get an Ubuntu Cd and install Ubuntu on however much
space you have left (assuming you have over 15Gb to spare). Ubuntu
comes with tons of programs already installed so it very usable right
from the start.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
The download button is halfway down the left side, just under the title "Rock Solid".
Windows is a Pita to install. I think probably a lot of people on this list share your pain as there are probably a lot us here that have had to try it too. With hindsight i think it's usually best to stick with whatever is already on the machine but just shrink the partition as small as reasonably possible and then use the rest of the space for the new install of whatever.
Win7 is great once it's installed and got all the programs but it sounds like yours has something wrong with it, or with the LO install or something. Like i say it is a total pain to install.
Not that once you have created the Ubuntu Cd you can boot-up straight from the Cd without even installing it so you can test-drive the look&feel of Ubuntu. We call it a "Live Cd session". You can make a Usb one which is a lot faster but people often still call it LiveCd even if it's Usb.
Regards from
Tom
I think there is some other issues going on with this user and Ubuntu will not fix the problem. The person will be a Windows user and not a Linux user in the foreseeable future.
Where is he getting a 28MB or a 108 MB version of LO is my concern. I do not remember Windows LO being that small.
Then there is the comment of being a use for 3 years. LO 3.3.0 came out in the beginning of last year, so it has not be out for 3 years yet.
If the person installed a version of LO that is not the proper file size, then there will be trouble.
I think the best thing to do is a complete uninstall of LO and then download a fresh copy from the web site and make sure what is downloaded matches the file size of the package.
You've lost me on this e mail its to weird you aren t on track
You' ve lost me again here your way off track . .
Not thinking of using ubanta was just asking about it ; and does anyone out their use libre with win 7 so far i would guess its a huge no and your throwing out ramdom guess s as fixs.
And libre comes in three sizes on various freeware sites; not their home page 28 mb and 120 mb and their web site has it at 210 mb and 10 mb for help; wonder what that is all about will get the biggy next hopefully that works with win 7 the way it should - later
Hi
Would you like someone to access your machine remotely and fix LO for you to make it all better?
I have installed LO on several Win7 machines but you are right, i do avoid using Win7. I've never had any trouble with LO on it when i do use it. Installs have been very smooth and it's all gone really well. People use those machine and even use LO with no troubles whatsoever. It's not clear why you can't perform simple tasks that everyone else seems to manage.
The best way would be to start the remote desktop thing and save the little file it gives you. Then attach that file to a private email, not to the whole list! In the email itself give the code that they set in the little pop-up box. Copy&paste works.
You can probably work out why we try to avoid doing this sort of thing! We prefer it if users can start to learn how to think for themselves so they can help their friends / colleagues directly without needing to take up a lot of other people's time on technical support.
Unfortunately that does mean the person has to think a little bit sometimes (which can be dangerous). Since you are having so much trouble with that it looks like remote assistance might be about your only hope unless you take your machine to a shop.
It sounds like you have tried to install Win7 yourself and not yet finished all the dreary nonsense to finish the process. A shop might be able to finish the process or perhaps revert to Vista.
Regards from
Tom
Am 13.10.2012 03:53, Lostsoul wrote:
Not thinking of using ubanta was just asking about it ; and does anyone out their use libre with win 7 so far i would guess its a huge no and your throwing out ramdom guess s as fixs.
And libre comes in three sizes on various freeware sites; not their home page 28 mb and 120 mb and their web site has it at 210 mb and 10 mb for help; wonder what that is all about will get the biggy next hopefully that works with win 7 the way it should - later
"Various freeware sites" are the best guarantee that you get your
computer infected with anything *they* want. None of those packages
between 28 and 120 MB contains LibreOffice.
Apart from this, LibreOffice is not freeware. It is open source software
(OSS) which makes a huge difference.
The home of the LibreOffice is http://libreoffice.org where you get the
original packages from the developers at any time.
I know of several people that use LibreOffice on Win7 machines. Most of them use it on laptops, since they did not buy desktops. Actually I was the one to install LO on their laptops.
If you go to a freeware site and find such small sized LO install files, the something is wrong with their installs.
Sites line the North American Community DVD Project - http://libreoffice-na.us - are OK since they are dedicated to LibreOffice and its distribution of the original files from the LO site. Actually I run that site [NA-DVD one],
The current size for 3.5.6 is about 211 MB in size. I do not know what the size of 3.6.2, but it should be close to it, not anyways near 28 or 120 MB in size.
I would stick with the official LO site, unless you find a regional site that is dedicated to LO, like the NA-DVD site. If the freeware sites are offering such a small download package for LO, then I would not trust them. The only reason the NA-DVD site has LO files in their site, is the fact that their web site versions of the NA-DVD are the same as the DVD media for the NA-DVD, with all of the needed install files and all of the extras on top of those files.
I just joined this list, so I may be jumping in on something I have no
business in, but you ask "does anyone out there use libre with win7 so far I
would guess it’s a huge no..."
I use Libre with Win7 with no problems. I always get my Libre downloads from
Libre itself, never a third party.
I've tried the Wubi install of Ubuntu with its version of Libre, and I
always find myself coming back to Win7. Compared to Win7, Ubuntu just seems
unpolished. I eventually deleted the Ubuntu Wubi install.
If I recall, the Windows version of Libre had better support for the Linux
Libertine G font than the Ubuntu version, which is important to me.
Virgil
Hi
Sorry about that! Anyone that is missing Vista must surely be in a fairly dire state. Where did Vista go? Have you been able to try out Tim's suggestion of opening the .oxt by opening LO first and then clicking on
Tools - "Extension Manager"
and then browse for your .oxt?
I think the dictionary that Tim pointed to
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/dictionary.html#english
is the one i had been hunting for and is better than the one i suggested.
Also as Andreas and Tim both point out the file-sizes you quote are completely wrong. Please download the proper official version of LO from the LO website. This link gets you the newest branch
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
this next link gives you the more stable branch but it has a few less features.
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86&lang=en-US&version=3.5.6
errrr, that's US of course so you might want this next link instead if you want a different language (or just hack the url address, if you get it wrong you'll probably just get the north american one again)
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86
Regards from
Tom