https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125600

--- Comment #5 from Richard Urwin <soronlin+libreoff...@googlemail.com> ---
Tested on 7.3.7.2 (x64) Windows 10 build

The behaviour seems to have changed.

kWh is now an accepted word. There is no red underline and it is not reported
in a manual spellcheck

However, MWh (megawatt hours) still triggers the two-capital auto-correct.
Having disabled that, it is marked as an incorrect spelling with the
recommended correction being MW h, with a space.

It is difficult to imagine how this could be fixed without implementing an
entire units parser. MWh is an unusual unit, whereas kWh is very common since
it is the unit used to charge consumers for electricity. It makes sense if kWh
is in the dictionary but not MWh.

As a side issue, Calc accepts both Kph and Mph, which I would argue is
incorrect; the units are kph and mph. An initial capital will result from
auto-capitalization of the beginning of a sentence. This may introduce a typo
into the document. Whether this is desired may depend on genre and context. A
cell called "mph per second" should not be capitalized. Whereas if it is an
English sentence outside strict science writing, such as "Mph is a unit of
speed" then capitalization might look more natural.

In summary, it's a complex problem where a full solution would involve a lot of
code and some user-visible options. This isn't the right place to discuss that.
If the commonly used units are included, and this one is, then I would suggest
that the bug is marked as fixed.

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