myspell didn't work (was already installed), but installing hunspell-en- ca did (that's for Canadian spelling, replace en-ca with whichever language pack is appropriate for you, most likely en-ca, en-us. I don't think there's a British English one for hunspell though.
Then restart LibreOffice. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981844 Title: Spell check does not check spelling. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/981844/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs