I'm on Win XP with LO 3.3.0. All those settings are set and seem to correct. I've made no changes there.
Just now I tried again and found spell check to be working but the insertion point was invisible. I got it back with a close/open. Tried spell check again, and some other things, I guess, as the insertion point went invisible but I got it back with a save. Can't reproduce this at will, though, so there must be more involved than running spell check. Al > -----Original Message----- > From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions > [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:24 PM > To: users@libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spell checking and mixing extensions > > On 02/10/2011 04:05 PM, Al Mansur wrote: > > Is spell checking broken in LO? > > > > I've also tried OO and it works the same; meaning its spell checker also > > fails. > > > > > > > > I deliberately put in a misspelled word and it didn't get the squeegly red > > line. > > > > I deliberately ran the spell checker and it says all is well but the > > language field it blank. > > > > The first time I tried to run it the language field said German so I > > switched it to English. > > > > Do I need to do something extra to make spell checking work? > > > > > > > > I checked the extensions and all seems well there. > > > > NOTE that there are some links in the help and Extension Manager that link > > to OO.org > > > > Is it Ok to mix extensions from OO into LO? > > > > > > > > > > > > Al > > Have you gone into "Tools/Options/Language Settings/Writing Aids" > and checked all the > "Available language modules", "User-defined dictionary", and "Options" > that you want to use for Writer? Is the Toolbar listing of "AutoSpellcheck" > and "Spelling and Grammar (F7)" shown properly and not "grayed out"? > > What Platform are you using? Was there any language pack for you to > download and install? Some of the platforms have en-US, en-GB, and en-ZA, > available for the languages, while others do not show en-US in the list > at all. > > I an running 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian installed with en-US language as my only > language, at this time, though the extension manager shows English, French, > and Spanish dictionaries installed. > > I have most of the "Writing Aids" checked to be used, and I have no problem > seeing red markings for words not known in the spelling dictionary and blue > markings for grammar problems. > > Hopefully you have not checked some optional part of the "Writing Aids" or > some other simple thing was not done or turned on that is causing your > troubles. > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
