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Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,180
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Has anyone else had trouble with the spell checker in LibreOffice-7.3.1.
It just plain doesn't work.
I researched this, via the Internet, before posting this message, but none of the suggestions found solve the problem.
Thanks.
Has anyone else had trouble with the spell checker in LibreOffice-7.3.1.
It just plain doesn't work.
I researched this, via the Internet, before posting this message, but none of the suggestions found solve the problem.
Thanks.
How are you trying to use the spell checker?
If I write a text doc with incorrect words, they are highlighted with a squiggly underline. If I then select Tools->Spelling (or just F7 key) a popup dialog shows the document contents with the first detected misspelling highlighted, along with a list of suggested corrections. As I correct an instance, the next misspelling is highlighted, etc.
Yes, that is now it is suppose to work, but, as I said, it isn't working.
Where is your LibreOffice from? Does it include a dictionary?
My LibreOffice Tools->Extension Manager shows I have "English spelling, hyphenation dictionaries and thesaurus 2020.08.01" installed for the current user (not Bundled with LibreOffice). I guess that's why it works as expected for me.
The Extension Manager has a link to "Get more extensions online". I just followed it and found a newer version of the one I have installed. When I clicked on its Download button I was invited to save it or open with LibreOffice. I chose the latter, which opened a LO dialog box asking whether to overwite the existing version.
I think you need to do something like that i.e. install a dictionary.
chris
Last edited by chris.willing; 03-26-2022 at 09:34 PM.
Installed libreoffice and libreoffice-dict-en from Alien Bob's repository, opened an English document, pressed 'F7' and was able to spell-check the document. I got suggestions for all the non-english words (mostly abbreviations). I don't see anything wrong or broken.
Just curious, I've noticed that a lot of folks on here are using slackbuilds or builds for LibreOffice. Is there a downside to using the AppImage directly from the website?
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,180
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Originally Posted by Windu
Installed libreoffice and libreoffice-dict-en from Alien Bob's repository, opened an English document, pressed 'F7' and was able to spell-check the document. I got suggestions for all the non-english words (mostly abbreviations). I don't see anything wrong or broken.
Removed all traces of libreoffice (using removepkg) including the user configuration file, rebooted and re-installed. Still the spell checker does not work.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. At this point it isn't worth any more effort.
Thanks, again.
Last edited by cwizardone; 03-31-2022 at 08:38 AM.
Reason: Typo.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,180
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Originally Posted by random_guy
Just curious, I've noticed that a lot of folks on here are using slackbuilds or builds for LibreOffice. Is there a downside to using the AppImage directly from the website?
Good question!
I haven't used any of the new package formats, but would be interested in hearing how well they work (or don't work) in Slackware.
Last edited by cwizardone; 03-31-2022 at 08:44 AM.
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