Hi, I discovered I have to go to Tools->Orthography and grammar and change the language of the text. After this the languages appear in the menu together with Spanish.
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 15:46:55 +0200 Rene Engelhard <r...@debian.org> wrote: > tag 826569 + moreinfo > tag 826569 + unreproducible > thanks > > Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:28:56PM +0200, José Luis González wrote: > > In writer, after installing the british language pack and with spanish > > and american language packs installed, the spell checker only works in > > You say you installed "the british language pack" and the > "american language packs" (whcih packs? there's only one). You didn't > say you installed the actual dictionaries. > > The package description clearly says the dictionaries are NOT included > in -l10n-* > > > spanish and Tools->Language->All text doesn't show languages other than > > Spanish. I understand English should also be shown. > > That option does not do what you expect it to do. It *guesses* the text. > > I tested with a English LO were I only have English (USA) as a choice. Wrote > some random german text ("Das ist ein Auto" - "This is a car") and > Tools->Language->All text shows me German (Germany) > > ii hunspell-de-de 20131206-5 > all German dictionary for hunspell > ii hunspell-en-us 20070829-6 > all English_american dictionary for hunspell > > I guess you want to look at Format->Character to hardcode the language > and/or check whether they appear in > Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Writing Aids -> Edit.. > > > > User interface is in Spanish, but I believe this should have nothing to > > do. > > Then it probably defaults to Spanish. And if you added the locale info > (which reportbug would have provided...) I'd bet it's also set to Spanish.. > > What if you install the actual dictionaries? (hunspell-*)? > > Regards, > > Rene > >