Thanks Jean Never thought about selecting text first before using the thesaurus.
Problem solved. Thesaurus is now working in Impress. Regards Peter Schofield [email protected] > On 21 Nov 2020, at 01:26, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- 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
