On my Mac (running Catalina) with LO 7.0.3.1 and EN_US, on any slide in a presentation, Tools > Thesaurus was greyed out until I clicked in a text box (where it said "Click to add Text" or "Click to add Title"). I didn't need to type anything to activate the thesaurus, but of course the thesaurus dialog was empty until I typed something and selected it (or placed the cursor in it).
Jean On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 2:26 AM Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Strange. this option is available on my version of LibreOffice (7.0.3.1 > Debian) downloaded from the pre-release list. I also have installed > 7.1.0.0 Alpha+ daily build (11-11-2020). It also has this option > (Control+F7) available. > > But I also noticed something. When I first opened a new > presentation, Control+F7 was greyed out. Only when I Entered text in a > box onto the first slide and then clicked on it, did this option become > available. One of the words I entered was jumped. I was shown 20 > synonyms of this word. Could this be your problem? Are you using a > distribution other than Debian? > > Dan > > On 11/20/20 09:35, Peter Schofield wrote: > > Hello Dan > > > > I have both UK and US English languages installed. > > My Thes Thesaurus is selected in Tools > Options > Language Settings > > > Writing Aids. > > > > The option Tools>Thesaurus is greyed out in Impress and I have just found > > out that Thesaurus is available in Writer. > > I can only assume that the LO programmers assumed that Impress does not > > need a thesaurus. To me, that is an oversight and a thesaurus should be > > available. > > > > Regards > > Peter Schofield > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >> On 20 Nov 2020, at 15:13, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Tools > Options > Language Settings > Writing Aids > Available > >> language modules. At the bottom of this list should be MyThes Thesaurus. > >> It should be checked if you want to use LibreOffice's thesaurus for your > >> language. > >> > >> A language pack contains spell checking, hyphenation, thesaurus, and > >> one more thing I have just forgotten. After installation of LO 7.0.1.x > >> these can be found at libreoffice4/share/extensions/(your language)/. In > >> my case it is dict-en. This particular folder contains the files for > >> several English languages, i.e., both UK and US. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> On 11/20/20 06:26, Peter Schofield wrote: > >>> Can anyone tell me if there is a thesaurus for LibreOffice in USA and/or > >>> UK English languages? > >>> > >>> There is a function for a thesaurus in the Tools menu and there is a > >>> keyboard shortcut for a thesaurus. > >>> > >>> If these functions are available then the thesaurus should be available. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> Peter Schofield > >>> [email protected] > >>> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
